Mayday! Mayday!
A Coast Guard Rescue
By Chris L. Demarest; Chris L. Demarest (Illustrator)
(Margaret K. McElderry Books, Hardcover, 9780689851612, 40pp.)
Publication Date: May 18, 2004
Categories: Ships & Shipbuilding - Shipwrecks
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A thirty-foot yacht,
adrift well out to sea,
sends, "MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
Please respond to our plea!"
Hearing this call for help, the United States Coast Guard leaps into action. A team of four highly trained rescue specialists head out in an H-60 Jayhawk helicopter. Battling fierce conditions, the Coast Guard team finally locates the disabled boat, rescues the crew, treats injured passengers, and carries them back to safety.
Complemented by dramatic, striking illustrations, Chris L. Demarest's text brings into vivid focus one of the many important jobs performed by the U.S. Coast Guard. A detailed author's note provides additional information about the search-and-rescue process, making this a terrific book for any school or home library.
Commander Jack Santucci Operations Officer, Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod Chris Demarest provides a real, firsthand description of the Coast Guard's search-and-rescue missions at Air Station Cape Cod. His book really illustrates the extreme flying challenges our pilots are faced with on a daily basis."
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