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FOGHORN
When the Threat 
Is Closer 
Than You Think
SELF-DEFENSE AWARENESS 
AND PREPAREDNESS FOR VESSEL CREW
I
t is a perfect day on the water. The kind of day that makes you remember why you chose this 
work. Passengers are smiling, the sun is cutting across the water at just the right angle, and 
your return trip from a private charter is underway without a hitch. Then, in a matter of 
seconds, something shifts. A confrontation near the bow. Raised voices. A passenger, someone 
who boarded with a ticket and a smile, has produced a knife and driven it into the captain.
PHOTO: GEORGI KALAYDZHIEV/UNSPLASH
FOGHORN FOCUS
JARROD D. BROADWAY  //  VITALITY SIGHT

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