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It was Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer. The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as an accountant before enlisting, and had graduated from rescue swimming school around six months ago when his team got the call from Task Force 1, a local search-and-rescue team in Texas, early Friday morning.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

I disagree.

A hundred people died. One man (technically team, I'm sure) saved that many. How many more would have died without what remaining services were in place?

It shows how valuable these invisible support staff are. Maybe, no one would have died without the cuts...

I think it puts this in contrast. And it's also good to put in people's heads before the next time they try to make stupid cuts