Multimedia Release: Sen. Murkowski visits Coast Guard rescue crews in Kodiak

[The Patriot]

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KODIAK, Alaska - Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks with Kodiak-based Coast Guard air station helicopter rescue crews, members from Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak and Communication Station Kodiak during her visit to Kodiak Feb. 19, 2011.

Murkowski was in Kodiak to visit air station rescue crews to commend them for their rescue efforts of more than 14 fishermen in the past several weeks.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - Sen. Lisa Murkowski takes a moment for a photo with Kodiak-based Coast Guard air station helicopter rescue crews, members from Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak and Communication Station Kodiak during her visit to Kodiak Feb. 19, 2011.

Murkowski was in Kodiak to visit air station rescue crews to commend them for their rescue efforts of more than 14 fishermen in the past several weeks.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally.

KODIAK, Alaska - Lt. Cmdr. Craig Neubecker, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot with Air Station Kodiak, presents Sen. Lisa Murkowski with a diecast model of a Jayhawk during her visit to the Kodiak-based air station Feb. 19, 2011.

Murkowski visited the helicopter crews in Kodiak to commend them for their rescue efforts in saving the lives of 14 Alaska fishermen in 2011.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally.

KODIAK, Alaska - Lt. Jamie Reed, right, the HH-65 Dolphin helicopter engineering officer with Air Station Kodiak, shakes Sen. Lisa Murkowski's hand as she thanks him Feb. 19, 2011, for his service to the Alaska maritime community.

Murkowski was in Kodiak visiting the air station helicopter crews and commending them for their efforts in rescuing the lives of 14 fishermen in the past several weeks.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally.

KODIAK, Alaska - Sen. Lisa Murkowski takes a moment to sign a picture of the Kodiak-based fishing vessel Midnite Sun for a Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew that conducted a recent rescue of five fishermen during her visit Feb. 19, 2011.

Murkowski took the time to fly in from D.C. to commend air station helicopter crews for their rescue efforts in saving the lives of more than 14 Alaskans during early 2011.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally.

KODIAK, Alaska - Sen. Lisa Murkowski listens as a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot Lt. Cmdr. Craig Neubecker describes the recent rescue of five fishermen at night from the grounded fishing vessel Midnite Sun during Murkowski's visit to the Kodiak-based air station helicopter crews Feb. 19, 2011.

Murkowski heard the first hand accounts of four rescues that were conducted in January and early February during a visit to commend the aircrews for their efforts.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally.

For more information please contact Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis at (907) 321-4501.




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