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(L to R) Captains Harrison Reiter and George Bassett of TowBoatUS Fort Lauderdale received the coveted Woody Pollak Lifesaving Award for their good Samaritan rescue
© Scott Croft
TowBoatUS Boat-Towing Captains from Del., Fla., and N.C. honored for Lifesaving Acts
Last year, more than 70,000 recreational boaters requested routine on-water assistance for soft ungroundings, jump-starts, fuel delivery or to tow their disabled vessels home.