Sgt. 1st Class Chris Richards of the Connecticut National Guard arranges slings atop a 12,000-pound beached buoy Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The buoy was lifted from the beach by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter and dropped offshore where Coast Guard Cutter Oak picked it up.

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