Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East | 08.04.2014
Cindi Vance, survivor, embraces her recuer, David O'Neal, 44 years after O'Neal rescued Vance from the turbulent waters off Yaupon Beach near Southport, N.C., during a ceremony held at Station Oak Island Aug. 4, 2014. Ronald Savage Jr. (right) attended the ceremony in place of his father, Ronald Savage, another of Vance's rescuers, who passed away in 1998. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East | 08.04.2014
Cindi Vance, survivor, shares a moment with Ronald Savage Jr., son of one of the Coast Guardsmen who rescued her from the turbulent waters off Yaupon Beach near Southport, N.C., July 3, 1970, during a ceremony at Coast Guard Station Oak Island Aug. 4, 2014. Ronald Savage Jr. attended the ceremony in place of his father, Ronald Savage, who passed away in 1998. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East | 08.04.2014
Senior Chief Petty Officer Mark Kannan (left), officer-in-charge at Coast Guard Station Oak Island, N.C., presents survivor Cindi Vance (right) with a Coast Guard life ring during a reunion ceremony at Station Oak Island Aug. 4, 2014. During the ceremony, Vance was reunited with David O'Neal (2nd from right), one of the Coast Guardsmen who saved her from drowning 44 years ago. (U.S. Coast......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East | 08.04.2014
Cindi Vance, survivor, is overcome with emotion after reuniting with her rescuer, David O'Neal, during a ceremony held at Station Oak Island Aug. 4, 2014 - more than 44 years after O'Neal rescued Vance from the turbulent waters off Yaupon Beach near Southport, N.C., July 3, 1970, Ronald Savage Jr. (left) attended the ceremony in place of his father, Ronald Savage, another of Vance's recuers,......
