Thousands of people lined the streets of Grand Haven, sporting their red, white and blue, candy bags in hand and squirt guns at the ready. The Fourth of July may have come and gone, but the lakeshore town still had plenty reason to celebrate: the annual Coast Guard Festival Grand Parade.

Seaman Joseph Turk, a CGC Katmai Bay crew member who has been in the Coast Guard for less than a year, immediately jumped into the water to rescue the man. He kept the man afloat by treading water for at least 20 minutes while crews worked to lower rescue equipment.