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“People are very generous when something comes up like that. The Coast Guard is a small military service and the only U.S. service dedicated and trained to save lives. What the Coast Guard does goes beyond the military or the patriotic American,” Sisley adds. “There are recreational boaters, fishermen, the shipping industry — they all rely on the Coast Guard every day to keep the ports open, to provide rescue crews, to keep the seas clear. So when something like that happens where people die, it brings out all those people providing generous support.”