Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Aveni, a machinery technician from Coast Guard Station Mayport, advocates life jacket safety during National Safe Boating Week in Atlantic Beach, Florida, May 09, 2025. Where the cause of death is known, 75% of fatal boating victims drowned. Of those drowning victims with reported life jacket usage, 87% were not wearing a life jacket. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Vincent Moreno)
Coast Guard and salvage crews extracted the remaining four Golden Ray crew members Sept. 9, 2019, in St. Simons Sound near Brunswick, Georgia. The crew members were transported by a Coast Guard Station Brunswick 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew to Glenn County EMS for further medical evaluation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Station Brunswick)
