WHO: A survivor of a drowning incident to reunite with her Coast Guard rescuers after 44 years
WHAT: Coast Guard Station Oak Island will host the reunion ceremony
WHEN: Monday at 10 a.m., Aug. 4, 2014
WHERE: Coast Guard Station Oak Island, 300 Caswell Beach Rd, Oak Island, NC 28465
OAK ISLAND, N.C. - Cindi Vance (Gregory) is scheduled to be reunited with a former Coast Guard Station Oak Island crewmember, 44 years after her rescue.
Vance was 12-years-old when she was caught in a undertow at Yaupon Beach near Southport, North Carolina, July 3, 1970.
Vance was rescued by Petty Officer 1st Class David E. O'Neal and Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald D. Savage.
O'Neal will be present at Station Oak Island to meet with Vance, while Savage's son, Ronald Savage, Jr. will stand in his late father's stead.
Media interested in attending the ceremony should contact Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn at Nathan.R.Littlejohn@uscg.mil or call 757-398-6272.
To read the original article concerning the rescue, please click here: http://goo.gl/hQnrMC