***RSVP: Contact Coast Guard PAO PA3 Michael Hulme, 904.564.7622, NH JAX PAO Tami Begasse or Loren Barnes, 904.542.7820, or Baptist Medical PAO Robin Kraich, 904.627.1950 with questions. Media should plan to arrive at the gate no later than 15 minutes prior to the press conference.***
Who: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Rebecca Sullivan (28); Elias Nevarez (31); and John Nevarez (32). Members of the Coast Guard and the attending physicians will also be in attendance.
What: A press conference is being held at Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville with the three survivors rescued after their boat capsized and they were found clinging to a cooler about 30 miles off the Georgia Coast. The survivors sustained sunburns, dehydration, jelly fish stings, and exhaustion from their ordeal. They received care and were discharged on Thursday, May 20, from Naval Hospital Jacksonville and Baptist Medical Center Beaches.
Where: Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, 4200 Ocean Street, Atlantic Beach.
Directions from Interstate 95: take Atlantic Blvd east exit to the beaches. Go north on Highway A1A. Highway A1A becomes Ocean Street in Atlantic Beach. Continue north to 4200 Ocean Street. (Note - Atlantic Beach passes Mayport Road just over the Intercoastal Bridge – do not exit there. Keep going east toward the Beaches until you come to A1A).
When: 3 p.m. EDT. Friday, May 21, 2010.
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