Boatswain's Mate First Class William Lappin, 29, of Portland Me., talks by radio with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BainBrdige Island while on patrol in New York Harbor Aug. 28, 2003.
Lappin and Seaman Ken Rose (right), 21, of Windsor, CT.,both crewmembers from the Bainbridge Island, recently returned home to their homeland security mission after a deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.