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Boy who was Saved at Sea by Coast Guard Joins Their Ranks 18 Years Later

Boy who was Saved at Sea by Coast Guard Joins Their Ranks 18 Years Later
A 6 year-old boy and his mother probably would have died of starvation at sea had the Coast Guard not found them and their fellow migrants from Haiti. The gratitude he felt as a boy led Orlando Morel to eventually join the Coast Guard. Today, 18 years later, he graduates as a cadet.

A 6-year-old boy and his mother probably would have died of starvation at sea had the Coast Guard not found them and their fellow migrants, lost and out of food after leaving Haiti on a crowded wooden dinghy destined for America.

The gratitude he felt as a boy led Orlando Morel to eventually join the Coast Guard. Today, 18 years later, he graduates as a cadet.

 

(READ the AP story in Stars and Stripes)

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