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Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew and paramedics from the Mobile area assist a woman onto a gurney at the Coast Guard base in Mobile, Ala., Sept. 1, 2005. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

GURNEY ASSIST

Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew and paramedics from the Mobile area assist a woman onto a gurney at the Coast Guard base in Mobile, Ala., Sept. 1, 2005. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

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