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Petty Officer Gill wreath laying 2016

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

March 25, 2016 | 1:28

Coast Guard boat crews from Station Seattle, the cutter Midgett, the cutter Healy, Maritime Safety and Security Team 91101 and the Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor string their boats together to serve as a platform for members participating in an at-sea wreath laying ceremony in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald Gill Jr. near Vashon Island, Wash., March 25, 2016. Gill died in the line of duty after being ejected from a 25-foot Response Boat-Small while deployed to Seattle as a member of the Maritime Safety and Security Team 91111 Anchorage, Alaska, during a Washington State Ferry escort in 2007. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

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