One of the most remarkable rescues performed in the 44-year history of the United States Life-Saving Service occurred in February, 1905, at Cape Lookout, North Carolina.
Sick with the flu, nine surfmen at the Cape Lookout station rowed 18 miles in an open boat and endured bitter cold for twenty-eight hours to rescue six mariners from the schooner Sarah D. J. Rawson.
You can read the story in our latest Ocracoke Newsletter: https://www.villagecraftsmen.com/the-1905-rescue-of-six-mariners-from-the-schooner-sarah-d-j-rawson/.