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A Coast Guardsman, right, uses a sled to rescue Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, left, commander, First Coast Guard District, role-playing as a simulated cold water victim from Lake Champlain during ice water rescue training at Coast Guard Station Burlington, Vt., Feb. 17, 2017. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarah Mattison

Sled Ride

A Coast Guardsman, right, uses a sled to rescue Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, left, commander, First Coast Guard District, role-playing as a simulated cold water victim from Lake Champlain during ice water rescue training at Coast Guard Station Burlington, Vt., Feb. 17, 2017. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarah Mattison

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