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june 2015 FOGHORN 25 1 920.686.5117 salesburgerboat.com burgerboat.comcommercial Burger is recognized worldwide for quality custom vessels that provide years of dependable service. Quality Commercial Vessels... Built by Burger to Your Requirements Aluminum and Steel Fabrication Passenger Vessels Research Vessels Fast Crew Boats Fast Supply Boats Wind Farm Support Vessels Fishing Vessels Other Vessels to 260 80m RV ARCTICUS Delivered October 2014 CHICAGOS CLASSIC LADY Delivered May 2014 LUCIA Currently Under Construction 89 27m Steel Passenger Vessel Proudly built in the USA safety recognition L ast Halloween passengers aboard the Washington State Ferries WSF Issaquah got an unexpected fright when a fellow passenger jumped into the cold waters of Puget Sound near Vashon Island WA. Fortunately for the man his leap into the Sound was immediately noticed by a member of the crew Roni Kittleson who notified the pilothouse of the situation. Captain Randy Eckler and several crewmem- bers quickly but calmly and efficiently reacted to the emergency. Captain Eckler sounded the man overboard alarm and changed the ferrys course for a rescue boat to be launched to retrieve the fallen passenger. WSF personnel Chief Mate Vu Schroeder Max Korvell Jr. and Kittleson launched the rescue boat with Korvell keeping visual contact on the man in the water. Upon successfully pulling the man to safety first aid was ad- ministered by the crew before first responders were on scene to take the man to a hospital for evaluation. As the man overboard incident occurred shortly before docking at Vashon Island many passengers were preparing to disembark. Therefore the rescue was witnessed by a large number of ferry passengers aboard the Issaquah. By sheer coincidence a Seattle news radio personality on the ferry at the time of the incident who reported on it saying The ferry crew was amazing the way they sprang into action. They had that guy out of there within two minutes and the ferry stopped and had to reverse engines while they pulled him outIt was pretty dramatic to see how quick they were able to get that guy out. TheAssistant Chief of Vashon Island Fire and Rescue later said The ferry workers did their job very well and did a rescue. All of the WSF personnel involved in the rescue were honored with the Life RingAward WSFs public service award issued to staff when action is taken that clearly contributes to saving an individual or multiple lives. n Washington State Ferries Crew Save Man on Halloween