FINS IN THE WATER (Video)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Evan Thigpen, an aviation survival technician at Air Station Elizabeth City (ASEC), N.C., works the night shift in the rescue swimmer shop Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Evan was recently nominated by the ASEC command to represent the Coast Guard at the 2015 North Carolina United Service Organization’s 10th Annual Salute to Freedom Gala for his life-saving actions in October and November in 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn)

by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn

\”I took the injured woman first,\” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Evan Thigpen, an aviation survival