Greg LaFond

On June 11, 1998, while off the coast of the U.S. Virgin Islands and nine months after reporting on board USCGC Eagle, SA Greg LaFond was moving about the rigging when he lost his grasp and fell 120 feet, impacting the ship’s deck before ending up in the sea. He was immediately rescued from the water and transferred by small boat to St. Thomas, where a Coast Guard helicopter was waiting to fly him to San Juan, PR. He died during the flight.