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WAAAAAAYYYY back in college, a friend had a boat. We were on the NC sound in the outer banks where the sound met the ocean.

This is a weird area of water- where small inland waves from the protected sound intermix with real ocean waves/ torrent. Our boat was no match, so we turned back towards the sound.

AS we got turned around, we got "pulled over" for a coast guard check. I will never forget the young female coast guard intern in her polyester dickie pants attempting to board. With one leg on our boat/the other leg on the patrol boat/the boats hitting/pulling apart in the surf, and she fell right in.

At that point, everyone needed to get her out of the water before the boats re-collided smushing her between them. I swear the coast guard captain reached into the water and raised her out with one hand. We all went to help. Let's just say, there "might" have been some alcohol on our boat, but it all got overlooked after that.

She was okay, we had our life vest, got a "warning" and everyone went on their merry way.