Radio's Chris Low from our sales staff was out enjoying a morning boat ride while doing some fishing. When the seas started becoming a little rough, he decided to head back to shore. On his way back, he spotted a fawn quite a distance from shore. He did what any stand up guy would do. Here's Chris to tell the story himself.

"The weather was far from pleasant as I set out on an early morning fishing voyage with my dear friend Kyle. We headed east toward the rising sun and out of the sleeping Casco Bay. Shortly we found ourselves in open water being tossed to and fro by the harsh Atlantic Ocean. It was around this time that we decided to end our voyage and head for the shore. I spun the vessel hard to port and set back into the cover of the bay. As we passed Peaks Island at a speed around 20 knots, I noticed what appeared to be a distressed animal not native to the sea. Upon closer look I realized that it was a small baby deer. My heart sunk as I witnessed what appeared would become one of the worst nautical catastrophes since the sinking of the Titanic.

My fight or flight response kicked in and before you could say Captain Phillips I was stripped down to my skivvies and ready to dive overboard to save this drowning animal. Rather than jumping into the ice cold water and potentially suffering the same fate as the deer, I decided to maneuver the vessel in a way that would herd the fawn to the nearest land. The fawn kicked and kicked her little hooves until she felt the sandy beach of Peaks Island beneath her. She climbed out of the sea and pranced off into the woods. A life saved, a good deed performed, I was ready to begin my day."

One of the worst nautical catastrophes since the sinking of the Titanic is a bit of an understatement. Nice work, Chris. I would like to dedicate this song to you for your quick thinking and good deed performed. I'm sure the fawn would approve.

 

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