PENSACOLA, Fla. ( WKRG ) — Preparing for the worst — a mass rescue operation exercise was conducted on board NAS Pensacola Thursday, simulating a crash between a charter boat and a ferry in the Pensacola Pass.
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“Think a lot of people in the water at once. How do we all coordinate and get on scene and get as many people out of the water as we can as quickly as possible,” Lt. Cmdr. Mike Francis, Search and Rescue Mission coordinator at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Mobile said.
Local first responders and the United States Coast Guard worked together to recover victims and get them the care they may need.
“The ability for us to multiply our force on the water is critical. Especially in a situation where you’ve got you know ten people in the water, 20 people in the water,” Francis said…