So Others May Live

Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death

By: Martha Laguardia-Kotite, Tom Ridge

Narrated by: Jim Cooper, Martha Laguardia-Kotite

So Others May Live: Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death is the award-winning untold story of the US Coast Guard's quiet but resolute rescue swimmers. From deep ocean caves on the Oregon coast to the panicked and chaotic streets of post-Katrina New Orleans, here are their stunningly heroic stories.

In startlingly clear and exceptional writing, Martha LaGuardia-Kotite tells 12 heroic stories of the greatest maritime rescues attempted since the program began in 1985. These feats, told through the eyes of the heroes, reveal an understanding of how and why the rescuer, with flight-crew assistance, risks his or her own life to reach out to save a stranger.

Covering diverse environments - oceans, hurricanes, oil rigs, caves, sinking vessels, floods, and even Niagara Falls, So Others May Live is truly a can't-stop-listening collection.

©2006 Martha LaGuardia-Kotite (P)2018 Martha LaGuardia-Kotite

Amazing!!

I was in the USCG and this book helped me with my thoughts after getting out due to medical issues. I wish i could have stayed in and done more. This book was an amazing reminder that there are so many Men and Woman who guard our water ways and oceans. Guardians true to the end.

Success during impossible situations!

There is a total absence of any spiritual motivation or reference. These rescuers are expertly trained and excel in everything they do but what gives them success in an “impossible” situation ?? I believe it’s the ONE who created life and every element in it. Could none of these people sense the presence of someone enabling them to hold on in spite of the “impossible “ circumstances?

Poor narrative

Story was excellent. Female portion of narrative was terrible. High pitched, boring, monotone .
She made a good story hard to listen to.

Great story poor narration

Great stories and information enjoyed the book. but the woman narrator was terrible. very hesitant and unenthused, Poor recording quality sounds like she was recorded in a hallway on a tape recorder . very annoying to listen to she reads ever other chapter. The man narrator does a much better job and was recorded in a studio.

Professional narrator did great

Great novel! But author-narrator sounded like she was reading this book for the first time.