Jet crash hero receives medal from Coast Guard
525 views · Published 5 February 2013 · 1:22 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: The Virginian-Pilot · 2013 · News & Politics
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas A. Beane, a canine handler assigned to the Maritime Security Response Team, received the Meritorious Service Medal on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Northwest Annex. Beane was off-duty at lunch April 6, 2012, when a Navy F/A-18 plane crashed into the nearby Mayfair Mews apartment complex in Virginia Beach. Beane immediately rendered aid to, among others, the jet's downed pilot.
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