Eric Hupp (left) holds his Certificate of Valor alongside Rear Adm. Keith Smith (right), Coast Guard Fifth District Commander, at an official ceremony at the Portsmouth Federal Building, July 28, 2020, in Portsmouth, Virginia. The Certificate of Valor is authorized for persons who, at great personal risk, rescues or endeavors to rescue any other person from drowning, shipwreck, or other perils of the water, which Hupp did in 2018 when he rescued two people from rip currents off the coast of Duck, North Carolina. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Thrower Velez).