C - Proclamation - National Safe Boating Week
Proclamation
WlfpeJLUfB, en average, 700 people die each year in boating related accidents in
the U.S., nearly 70% of these are fatalities caused by drowning; and
WlfpeJR.eB, IIJt vast majority of these accidents are caused by human
error or poor judgment and not by the boat, equipment,
environmental factors; and
WlfpeJR.eBt a significant number of boaters who lose their lives drown
by drowning each year would be alive today had they worn
their life jackets; and_ ..,,~ ~.
WlfpeJR.eBt mobern life jackets are more co able, more attractive,
and more wearable than styles of years past and deserve a
fresh look by today's boating public.
1jew, UJlfpeJR.e:Jf~JR.e, I, S. Scott Vandergrift, Ma
Ocoee, Florida do hereby 'support the goals of theN(),
Boating Campaign of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary'and)Jtd~
2007 as
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2007 .flational s;afe ~oating meek in <!9toee
And further, I urge all those who boat to "Boat Smart. Boat Safe. Wear It. "and practice safe
boating habits.
Given under my signature and the seal of the
City ofOcoee this 1st day of May 2007.
Seal
s. SCGtt V~
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