This Coast Guard rescue swimmer saved 9 people in disabled boat from freezing to death
By Diana Stancy Correll
Jul 12, 08:58 AM
“I saw the Coast Guard website and saw the guy jump out of the helicopter — I was sold immediately. That was exactly what I wanted to do,” Carlson, who is stationed at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Diego, told Military Times.
“Looking back I don’t really know what was going through my head because I didn’t know how to swim,” Carlson said.
That’s no longer an issue.
Carlson, 30, who saved the lives of nine people suffering from hypothermia in a migrant vessel off the coast of Southern California, has been selected as Military Times’ 2022 Coast Guardsman of the Year.
https://www.navytimes.com/military-honor/smoy/2022/07/12/coast-guard-rescue-swimmer-saves-9-people-in-disabled-boat-from-freezing-to-death/
