[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 196 (Tuesday, November 9, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1221]
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                          LOST AT SEA MEMORIAL

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                        HON. JEFFERSON VAN DREW

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 9, 2021

  Mr. VAN DREW. Madam Speaker, in August, I had the pleasure of 
attending the Fisherman Memorial ceremony in Gardner's Basin in 
Atlantic City. The Fisherman Memorial memorializes local South Jersey 
individuals who have been lost at sea, including veterans and 
Coastguardsman. This ceremony started the year after three men, Ed 
``Hacksaw'' Peterson, Steve Hayes and Jeff Giannini, were lost at sea 
while traveling on a boat in August of 1999. Now, the ceremony is held 
every August on or near the anniversary of when the Hacksaw Crew went 
missing. May all the individuals that have been honored at the ceremony 
rest in peace. God Bless those lost at sea, and God Bless America.