1st Coast Guard District commander meets with British Consulate General

Rear Adm. Dan Abel, 1st U.S. Coast Guard District Commander, discusses the multinational search and rescue case for the sailing vessel Cheeki Rafiki’s crew with British Consulate-General Susie Kitchens, Vice Consul Jaqueline Greenlaw and the North America and Caribbean Consular Regional Director John Smith, at the 1st Coast Guard District in Boston, May 20, 2014. The U.S. Coast Guard resumed searches for the Cheeki Rafiki’s crew who went missing May 17, 2014, 1,000 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass. The 1st Coast Guard District Commander’s area of responsibility extends from New Jersey to Canada with search and rescue duties extending approximately 1,300 miles from shore. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)