Seeing family history on youtube?
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I came across this on youtube.
It was something my father was involved in, in 1962.
He was one of the surviving members of the Coast Guard in this.
I never imagined I would see something like this on Youtube. LOL!
I thought I would share it.
The Columbia River Bar (where the Columbia meets the Pacific) is known as the Graveyard of the Pacific and for good reason.
These servicemen/people who run these rescue boats are not any ordinary people.
I know, I've run large fishing vessels across the bar many times and every time, it gets the adrenyline going.
https://youtu.be/r_WsitQSNeg
It was something my father was involved in, in 1962.
He was one of the surviving members of the Coast Guard in this.
I never imagined I would see something like this on Youtube. LOL!
I thought I would share it.
The Columbia River Bar (where the Columbia meets the Pacific) is known as the Graveyard of the Pacific and for good reason.
These servicemen/people who run these rescue boats are not any ordinary people.
I know, I've run large fishing vessels across the bar many times and every time, it gets the adrenyline going.
https://youtu.be/r_WsitQSNeg In Fumo Pax
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Wylaff said:
Atmospheric pressure and crap.
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ain'tnowayinhell you'd ever get me in a boat that was anywhere near the Columbia River Bar. I've heard too many bad stories about it.
I'm glad your father survived it, Tony. And the fact that he participated is a testament to his courage. To paraphrase Mr. Kipling, "He's a better man than I, Gunga Din".
My father was running one of the boats and was a survivor of the incident.
http://offbeatoregon.com/1201d-triumph-coast-guard-disaster-2.html
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.