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| NFL legend Dan Marino, Coast Guard kick off National Safe Boating Week |
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Editors note: Due to limited parking availability, media interested in attending Tuesday’s event at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Miami are requested to contact the public affairs office at 305-415-6683. Scheduled to speak at the event are:
During the event, Wayne Carter will present a proclamation to Rear Adm. Branham on behalf of Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez saluting the men and women who raise boating safety awareness. Sponsored by the National Safe Boating Campaign, National Safe Boating Week begins May 16, 2009, and will continue until May 22, 2009, just in time for Memorial Day weekend when boating activity peaks. This year's campaign message is "Wear it," emphasizing life jacket use as the best way to survive boating accidents and to avoid drowning. Along with demonstrating the proper wear and use of life jackets, Coast Guard personnel will demonstrate how to properly and safely use signaling devices, such as emergency flares and Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs). To hear Dan Marino's recreational boating safety public service announcements, please visit http://www.video.auxpa.org/audio.shtml. For more information, please visit the National Safe Boating Campaign's Web site at http://www.safeboatingcampaign.net/.
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