Meanwhile, attention focused on thecaptain, who was spotted by CoastGuardofficialsandpassengersfleeingthe scene even as thechaoticand terrifying evacuation was under way.
In you we see the same compassion that has led Coast Guardsmen to pull stranded Americans from the rooftops during Katrina, save desperate migrants clinging to rafts in the Caribbean, and even today, as theCoastGuard rescues Americans from the surging Mississippi.
Even so please watch theCoastGuard in action and be proud of what our nation is capable of doing when it comes to helping our fellow citizens in a time of need.