But every now and then something just sneaks up on us. Take history as an example. History can be the sneakiest of them all. Just when you least expect it, you re party to something that might, probably, you know, never have happened before. And that can be a life moment.
And so it was last week, when Coast Guard Station Gloucester dispatched one of its 47-foot life saving boats with a full female crew.
The station, which blasted out the news via its Facebook page, said it is believed to be the maiden voyage at Station Gloucester of the all-maiden voyage.
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