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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on February 23, 2020, 12:54:43 pm
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Okinawa Marine saves drowning pregnant woman by fighting up to 10-foot swells for nearly 1 hour
Philip Athey
On the morning of Dec. 8, 2018, Marine Maj. William Easter was getting ready for a physical fitness run along the Sunabe Seawall and the East China Sea in Okinawa, Japan, when he suddenly heard calls for help.
A local man had swam to shore and desperately was looking for someone to rescue his pregnant wife, stranded in the ocean where the waves started to break.
Easter quickly directed two other service members to call for help and a flotation device. With a life ring, he rushed 300 meters into the water, first attempting to bring the woman to shore, and then fighting up to 35 mph winds and 10-foot high swells for nearly an hour waiting for rescue boats to arrive.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2020/02/21/okinawa-marine-saves-drowning-pregnant-woman-by-fighting-up-to-10-foot-swells-for-nearly-1-hour/ (https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2020/02/21/okinawa-marine-saves-drowning-pregnant-woman-by-fighting-up-to-10-foot-swells-for-nearly-1-hour/)