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whose boat recently sunk in bad weather off
the coast of Palm Beach, Florida. Wading
amidst six-foot waves, a grandfather, his son
and grandson were handily saved by Sea Tow
Captain Lee Kellerman; an event that earned
the U.S. Coast Guard’s coveted Meritorious
Public Service Award. Then again, there’s the
case involving a woman from Fort Lauder-
dale who was ejected when her boat capsized
leaving her injured and stranded on a craggy
coral reef, but spared worse fate when res-
cued by Sea Tow Captain Gregory Mallek.
Or consider an incident that occurred off St.
Thomas; during a fierce storm that yielded
hardly any visibility, a 68 year-old sailor fell
overboard and was all but assured appoint-
ment to Davy Jones’ locker, when Avast, he,
along with his vessel, was saved by Sea Tow
Captain Gary Lohr. News media described
the rescue as “miraculous.”
More remarkably, these cases represent
a meager fraction of the multitude of sce-
narios that Sea Tow professionals performed
above and beyond the call of duty. The sheer
volume of such testimonials equates to a ver-
itable truth - value can never be evaluated in
dollar figures alone.
Of course, all that is ample seasoning
