[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 109 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THANKING CAPTAIN SWEATTE AND MICHAEL SULLIVAN

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Captain 
Raymond Sweatte and Mr. Michael Sullivan, the crew of the University of 
Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography's ship, the Savannah.
  While Captain Sweatte and Mr. Sullivan were on the Savannah 
conducting a research-based fish survey just off the coast of Georgia, 
they were contacted by the Coast Guard about a nearby ship in distress.
  After searching multiple locations in the nighttime darkness, the 
Savannah located and saved two Florida fishermen struggling to cling to 
their lives.
  The fishermen had been taking on water for about 5 hours in high seas 
and winds and could not keep up with the water flowing into the ship.
  If the Savannah had not located and rescued these struggling 
fishermen, it is possible they would not have survived.
  I sincerely thank the University of Georgia's Captain Sweatte and Mr. 
Sullivan for their bravery and heroic actions in this emergency 
situation to save the lives of two fellow Americans.

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