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Coast Guard air crew rescues residents of Vidor, TX
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Evan Gallant, a rescue swimmer from Air Station Miami, carries a boy away from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter in Beaumont, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017. An aircraft crew working out of Air Station Houston transported a group of people from a shelter to Jack Brooks Regional Airport in Beaumont, Texas. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki/Released)
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Photo by: Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki |  VIRIN: 170831-G-IA165-1292.JPG
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