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Description: Contribute to my Patreon at: patreon.com/user?u=3706390 Coast Guard Mutual Assistance: cgmahq.org US Coast Guard News: coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-local-agencies-assist-2-on-sinking-vessel-off-virginia-beach/2016/08/07 I know that many of you would have contributed way too much to cover my production costs if I opened the door to private contributions, and you'd have done this whether or not I offered to be charitable with a portion of the proceeds. It's been a difficult year for me and not because of any one thing in particular. I have continued production despite how thin I've been spread and how many emergencies I've had to deal with. It's true my production has slowed due to declining YouTube revenues and with where my priorities dictate that my personal income may be spent, but only part of what's slowing my production is financial. I'm making a lot of progress with the other factors, and I look forward to being able to spend more time doing what I love to the most… Wrenching on my cars and making more epic videos. I've given this a lot of thought and yes, enabling patreon would help me improve and accelerate my production, but it really it would mean a lot more for me to be able to present the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance with a sizable donation. One that says, "Thanks, you saved the can of the right guy so he can continue bringing us more videos." I want it to be a donation that reflects the generosity and gratitude in each and every one of you because in order for me to be charitable, I need your help replacing a portion of what I spend out-of-pocket on my production. If you can help me do this, I assure you it will improve my video release schedule and motivate me to spend more of my time here as I overcome the other challenges I'm facing. You will help me tremendously. You will help me do something charitable that means a lot to me and for a worthy cause, and it will give me a push that will help to improve the quality and frequency of my uploads. This was a close one for us. We almost didn't make it. I wish I had footage of the hours that followed but memory cards and batteries have their limits. I want to give thanks to the United States Coast Guard for safeguarding and defending our waterways. Every year they answer the call and respond to thousands upon thousands of emergencies. This time I was one of them. I'm very lucky to have this footage. Hopefully putting it here can help people who may be going out into the ocean for the first time without the cruise ship? Maybe it can help the first responders or EMS dispatchers with training? Maybe it will serve as an example of what to do and what not to do? One thing is for certain. It changed both of our lives. While seconds may matter, if the EMS operator had instructions for retrieving GPS coordinates from smart devices that callers may have, it could save valuable time, effort and resources. In no way is that a negative criticism of the difficult job they already do. It's more of a criticism of myself. As familiar as I am with Apple technology, I didn't know how to get GPS coordinates out of an iPhone until after this event. If the dispatcher had simple list of instructions for smart phones with dumb owners like us who don't know how to find GPS coordinates on our own devices, the search operation could have been completely unnecessary. The Emergency call centers trying to help you really need your GPS coordinates. Radios are more powerful than text messages because they reach everyone who's tuned in to that frequency. So, the faster you relay your GPS coordinates on a radio tuned to an emergency frequency, the faster help is on the way. I'm sure some guy in the Army Corps of Engineers is going to read this and grunt, "...so because you don't know how your own GPS app works, that's why you made me go all the way out there on a Sunday?!" On an android phone, you can get latitude and longitude coordinates from the bundled Maps application. It's built into a service that helps you locate your friends, and helps your friends locate you. On an iPhone, you can not get GPS coordinates from Apple Maps. If you've never needed to know your GPS coordinates and happen to have an Apple device, you might not know that if you open the Compass.app, after a quick calibration, your GPS coordinates and heading are on the bottom of the screen. You will not find them anywhere in the Maps application or in Google Maps. Your iPhone must also be new enough to have the compass hardware built-in. No clue about Windows phones or Blackberry… I understand why EMS doesn't have all of these instructions, there's a lot of technology out there, and even googling it doesn't provide these answers quickly enough to help someone in crisis. So like I said earlier… it's really up to you to know how to get your coordinates on your own devices so you can work with EMS on their terms.