Sgt. 1st Class Chris Richards of the Connecticut National Guard attaches a 12,000-pound beached buoy to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, near Chatham, Massachusetts. The Chinook lifted the buoy from the beach and brought it offshore where Coast Guard Cutter Oak picked it up.

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