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