Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Brittany Wygand, operations specialist with the Sector Hampton Roads Command Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, speaks with local media members during an event on Base Portsmouth, Aug. 16, 2017. Wygand received the mayday call from 80-year-old sailor Jacob Van Ommen when his vessel ran aground and began taking on water in the Chesapeake Bay, June 23, 2017. ( Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist Trey Clifton/Released)

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