US Sailing Awards Rescue Medals for Golden Gate Bridge Incident

Published on June 27th, 2013

Portsmouth, R.I. (June 27, 2013) – US Sailing will award a Hanson Rescue Medal to sailors Merle Hall (Walnut Creek, Calif.), his son Eric Hall (Alamo, Calif.) and grandsons Henry and Ethan Hall (Alamo, Calif.) for rescuing a woman on San Francisco Bay who was floating under the Golden Gate Bridge in the early morning of April 17, 2011. Full story