Over The Bow Volume 77 Issue 1 Winter 2019 | Page 48

The collective effort saved lives and minimized impact to the public and loss of property. Kudos to the members of Division 15 and select individuals from Flotillas 15-04 and 15-09 who participated in the effort. Charlie A. Poltenson conducted communication and the alerts between several agencies (Amtrak, NYSDOT, USCG PA and the Coast Guard Auxiliary).

Simultaneously, Jim Canavan coordinated vital information and images to Sector New York via the communication team member Ken Fisher. Rich Gabriel managed his team of line handlers, aka Flood Response Team (Chris Hoffman, and Scott Kuhne) in assisting the Coast Cutter Penobscot Bay docking at the Port of Albany. Rich Gabriel and Lisa Kalfin observed and documented the operations.