Capt. Michael Balding,deputy sector commander, Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, gives James Patheal, 2nd mate, Washington State Ferries, a coin after presenting him a Certificate of Merit in a ceremony on the south-side of the motor vessel Kaleetan while en route to Seattle from Bremerton, Dec. 3, 2018. The Certificate of Merit was in recognition of Patheal's rescue efforts in response to a person in the water on Aug. 16, 2018. Coast Guard

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