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U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Dave Callahan, left, Commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District headquartered in New Orleans, shakes hands with David Phung, right, after presenting the U.S. Coast Guard's Silver Lifesaving Medal to Phung in New Orleans, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 in Baton Rouge, La. The Coast Guard also awarded medals to three other people who were on Phung's boat when the 28-year-old jumped into the floodwaters last summer and ripped open the top of a convertible to rescue Hailey Brouillette before the car sank into floodwaters. Phung also saved the woman's poodle mix, Sassy, from drowning. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP)
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In this Aug. 13, 2016, image made from video and released by WAFB-TV, David Phung rescues a woman and dog from a submerged vehicle in Baton Rouge , La. Phung was amazed when he saw the viral video of him rescuing a woman and her dog from a sinking car during historic flooding in Louisiana last summer. "It was all adrenaline and reaction. Seconds seemed like minutes," Phung recalled Friday after the Coast Guard presented him with the Silver Lifesaving Medal, making him the 2,160th person to receive the honor since Congress created it in 1874. (Robbie Reynold/WAFB-TV, via AP)
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In this Aug. 13, 2016, image made from video and released by WAFB-TV, David Phung rescues a woman and dog from a submerged vehicle in Baton Rouge , La. Phung was amazed when he saw the viral video of him rescuing a woman and her dog from a sinking car during historic flooding in Louisiana last summer. "It was all adrenaline and reaction. Seconds seemed like minutes," Phung recalled Friday after the Coast Guard presented him with the Silver Lifesaving Medal, making him the 2,160th person to receive the honor since Congress created it in 1874. (Robbie Reynold/WAFB-TV, via AP)
