Coast Guard recruits Michael Phelps as only rescue swimmer
JUNEAU, Alaska — Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, has finished swimming in the Rio Olympics and moved on to become the Coast Guard’s one and only designated rescue swimmer.
"We snagged Aqua Man," said Chief of Coast Guard Aviation Capt. Ray Carmichael. "So we fired all our current rescue swimmers and hired Poseidon himself."
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