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Video: Off-Duty Coast Guard Member Rescues 3 Men

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Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Williamson, a boatswain's mate at Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, recounts her experience rescuing three men from a rip current at Fort Fisher, Aug. 6, 2021.

"I think that anyone in the Coast Guard would have reacted the same way that I did. That's just what we do in our service." 
– Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Williamson

(Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee and Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Velez)

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