An American story: Haitian kid rescued by Coast Guard becomes CG officer
It does my heart good to see a story like this: When he was six years old, at sea with his mother in a wooden boat, Orlando Morel was rescued by the Coast Guard. Now he is graduating from the Coast Guard academy, and scheduled to serve on a cutter in Florida. He is described ...
It does my heart good to see a story like this: When he was six years old, at sea with his mother in a wooden boat, Orlando Morel was rescued by the Coast Guard.
It does my heart good to see a story like this: When he was six years old, at sea with his mother in a wooden boat, Orlando Morel was rescued by the Coast Guard.
Now he is graduating from the Coast Guard academy, and scheduled to serve on a cutter in Florida. He is described by someone at the academy as "a phenomenal cadet."
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