Rear Adm. Matthew T. Bell, Commander, 17th Coast Guard District, speaks during an award ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, May 18, 2019. Bell presented the Silver Lifesaving Medal during the ceremony to a Kotzebue man for heroic actions he took as a young boy to save a girl from drowning in Kotzebue. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn