Story enjoys rescue missions, managing boat station’s assets

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U.S. COAST GUARD EDITION, The Daily Advance , Frida

y, July 31, 2020 Story enjoys rescue missions, managing boat station’s assets

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Joining the U.S. Coast Guard allowed Kendall Story to pursue two great passions: his desire to serve and protect his country and his love of being out on the water. Story, who grew up in southeastern Virginia, said he joined the Coast Guard in October 2006 after talking to friends who had already enlisted. “They were telling me about all the opportunities that the service offered. I was excited to sign up and be part of the team,” he said. Story, now is 33 and a machinery technician/E-6 at Small Boat Station Elizabeth City, said he enjoys his work in the Coast Guard. “I personally enjoy the job satisfaction that I get responding to a search and rescue or law enforcement case to assist those in need,” he said. “Managing assets such as our cutters and boats brings me joy knowing that the work I do allows those critical assets to be used to save lives and enforce laws.” Story says his current job at the Small Boat Station is “one that I worked hard to obtain.” “I am the engineering petty officer (EPO), which means that I am the supervisor for the entire engineering department here at the unit,”

Engineering Petty Officer 1st Class Kendall Story is shown at the controls of a Coast Guard vessel at Small Boat Station Elizabeth City. A machinery technician, Story’s responsibilities at the station include overseeing the upkeep of the station’s three boats and trailers, along with search-andrescue equipment. He also conducts search-and-rescue and law enforcement missions.

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he said. His responsibilities include overseeing the upkeep of the station’s three boats and trailers, along with search-and-rescue equipment such as dewatering pumps. He also conducts searchand-rescue and law enforcement missions on the water on a daily basis. Story said the most significant mission he’s participated in while a member of the Coast Guard happened at a previous duty assignment. It involved the rescue of a woman and her two children who had been out on the water in a personal watercraft. According to Story, the woman struck a wave outside the surf line that ejected her but left the two young children still aboard the watercraft. A rip current then pulled the woman away from the watercraft, which then proceeded to drift offshore, still with the children aboard. No one saw the incident happen, continued on page 10

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