![]() ![]() The line running between the two groups, the essential and the inessential, was oddly drawn. ![]() About half the employees of the federal government had been deemed essential for the safety of life and property and been made to work without pay. I’d first learned of Art’s existence back in early 2019, during the 35-day government shutdown. “Which is how to improve Coast Guard search and rescue.” “I’ve only thought about one problem in my life,” said Art, with an odd little laugh, which sounded half like a chuckle and half like an apology for speaking up. ![]() Which is to say that 13 Americans, every day, need to be hauled out of the water or off some crippled sailboat or sea kayak or paddleboard. The Coast Guard plucks 10 people a day out of the ocean, on average. At any given moment, all sorts of objects are drifting in the ocean, a surprising number of them Americans. Among other subjects, he had mastered the art of finding things and people lost at sea. Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue division. So did he.įor nearly 40 years, Art Allen had been the lone oceanographer inside the U.S. Six canoes hung from hooks inside his garage, a scrum of mountain bikes leaned against the wall, and all looked as if they had a lot of miles on them. He wore a Coast Guard Search and Rescue polo and a massive Fenix 3 GPS watch, and he had this snow-white Hemingway beard. He was in his mid-60s, and a scientist - but a scientist with a man-of-action feel to him. I found Art Allen standing on the lawn just outside his front door, a few miles inland from some uninviting Connecticut beach. The following is adapted from a new chapter for the paperback edition of “The Fifth Risk,” which will be published by Norton in November. Art Allen – Improving Coast Guard Search & Rescue Photographer: Annie Tritt/Bloomberg ![]()
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