(From left to right) Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Coulter, Lt. Benjamin Berman, Petty Officer 2nd Class James Rizer, Lt. Leo Lake, Petty Off

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(From left to right) Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Coulter, Lt. Benjamin Berman, Petty Officer 2nd Class James Rizer, Lt. Leo Lake, Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Gaenzle and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Randolph of aircrew from Air Station Astoria at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, accompanied by Rear Adm. Charles Ray, deputy commander of Coast Guard Pacific Area, and Rear Adm. Richard Gromlich, commander of the 13th Coast Guard District, receive an award for heroism at the Coast Guard Foundation's Pacific Northwest Awards Dinner at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, Sept. 12, 2013. Part of the rescue, but not present at the dinner are Lt. Cmdr. Joshua Nelson and Petty Officer 1st Class Obrian Starr-Hallow. The aircrew received the award for conducting a dangerous rescue of a fellow Coast Guardsman who was injured while hiking on Mt. Rainier, Wash.

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