Worthy recognition of heroism

Captains,

It's always good to see deserving deckhands getting a bit of recognition. Frank Massaro, the worthy deckhand receiving this award, must have had his hands full when he got to the person he was rescuing. It's good to know there's people like Frank working on the water. Who knows how many people are saved by good samaritans? A life saved makes me feel good no matter what the circumstances were.

RADM W

Water Taxi Worker Receives Heroism Medal From Coast Guard

Posted: 2:14 pm PDT October 19, 2010Updated: 2:32 pm PDT October 19, 2010

SEATTLE -- A deckhand on the King County water taxi is being hailed as a hero for saving a man who leaped into the waters of Puget Sound.

The Coast Guard said Frank A. Massaro was called upon to help a man who was perched on a railing about 20 feet above the water at the Washington State Ferries Pier 50 in Seattle.

Despite an attempt to persuade the man to move away from the end of the pier, the man leaped into the Puget Sound without warning, the Coast Guard said.

After the man refused to take hold of a life ring, Massaro donned a life jacket, followed the man into the water, latched onto the man and maneuvered him out from under the pier to an area that could be reached by rescue boats.