Coast Guard Rear Adm. Meredith Austin, commander, 5th Coast Guard District, presents the Coast Guard Commendation Medal to Fireman James Sanders during a ceremony at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Fort Macon in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, May 31, 2017. On May 11, 2016, Sanders was off-duty when he rescued five women who fell into Taylor Creek after a pier collapsed at The Spouter Inn in Beaufort, North Carolina. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki/Released)