Coast Guard member to receive international honor for 'exceptional bravery at sea'
WCVB Updated: 10:31 AM EDT Jul 25, 2019
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. —
A U.S. Coast Guard stationed on Cape Cod will receive an international accolade for his heroic actions which rescued four fishermen from a life raft after their boat sank off the coast of New England in 2018.
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Petty Officer Michael Kelly will be honored with the 2019 International Maritime Organization Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea.
Just before 8 a.m. on Nov. 14, 2018, Coast Guard officials received a distress signal from the Aaron and Melissa II, which was ported in Portland. The vessel was located about 55 miles south of Rockland.
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