Airmen acted on ‘gut feeling’ when they rescued 8 people from a circling bull shark
David Roza - Yesterday 4:14 PM
The Air Force usually leaves water business to the Coast Guard and the Navy, but four airmen with the 6th Security Forces Squadron Marine Patrol Unit at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida flipped the script last month by rescuing eight civilians whose boat had capsized in Tampa Bay and who were being circled by a 10 or 12-foot long bull shark when the airmen found them.
Perhaps most spooky of all, the airmen had no particular reason for being out on the water that day. Though the 6th Security Forces Squadron Marine Patrol Unit is trained to watch over the vast restricted coastal area of MacDill Air Force Base, the Coast Guard had put out a ‘small craft advisory’ that day warning boaters of large waves and wind from a recent tropical storm.
“Under this advisory, the MacDill marine patrol unit wouldn’t normally do their routine sweep, both for their own safety and for the lack of boats in the water,” an Air Force press release written by 2nd Lt. Kristin Nielsen explained.
But one Security Forces airman had a funny feeling, something “deep in his gut that told him he needed to get in the bay,” Nielsen wrote.
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