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News Release
Date: May 29, 2012
Ninth Coast Guard District
Contact: Ninth Coast Guard District External Affairs Office
Office: (216) 902-6020
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PHOTOs: Ohio-native receives recognition from Rep. Bill Johnson, Ohio's 6th Congressional District
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CALCUTTA, Ohio — Coast Guard Seaman Jarrod Reed, an East Liverpool, Ohio native, receives a congratulatory letter from Rep. Bill Johnson, Ohio’s 6th Congressional District, at the East Liverpool/Calcutta Community Based Outpatient Medical Clinic, May 29, 2012. Reed, a crewmember aboard the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, was standing watch as a lookout in the Caribbean when he saw a distress signal, prompting the cutter’s crew to rescue five fishermen whose vessel sank off the coast of southern Jamaica. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener. |
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CALCUTTA, Ohio — Coast Guard Seaman Jarrod Reed, an East Liverpool, Ohio native, receives a congratulatory letter from Rep. Bill Johnson, Ohio’s 6th Congressional District, while surrounded by friends and family at the East Liverpool/Calcutta Community Based Outpatient Medical Clinic, May 29, 2012. Reed, a crewmember aboard the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, was standing watch as a lookout in the Caribbean when he saw a distress signal, prompting the cutter’s crew to rescue five fishermen whose vessel sank off the coast of southern Jamaica. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener. |
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CALCUTTA, Ohio — Coast Guard Seaman Jarrod Reed, an East Liverpool, Ohio native, stands with Rep. Bill Johnson (left), Ohio’s 6th Congressional District, and members of his family after a ceremony during which Johnson presented Reed with a congratulatory letter at the East Liverpool/Calcutta Community Based Outpatient Medical Clinic, May 29, 2012. Reed, a crewmember aboard the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, was standing watch as a lookout in the Caribbean when he saw a distress signal, prompting the cutter’s crew to rescue five fishermen whose vessel sank off the coast of southern Jamaica. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener. |
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard Seaman Jarrod Reed, an East Liverpool, Ohio native, received a congratulatory letter from Rep. Bill Johnson, Ohio's 6th Congressional District, May 29, 2012, for his actions that led to the rescue of five fishermen after their boat sank a few hundred miles south of Jamaica, in January 2012.
Reed, a newly-reported crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla., and two other break-in watchstanders were recognized as the Coast Guard's Shipmates of the Week Jan. 27, 2012.
"We saw a flashing light, and it didn't look like anything that we normally see out there," said Reed during the ceremony. "I certainly didn't think that it would be five guys in the water after their boat sank. It shows that no matter where you are on the totem pole, anyone in the Coast Guard can make a difference."
For more information contact the 9th District Public Affairs Office at 216-902-6020.
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