The crew of the Coast Guard helicopter that plucked a Haines hiker from a Mount Ripinsky cliffside in January received a national award from the head of the service during a banquet at a New York City ballroom Thursday.
The crew of CGNR 6038 – commander Andy Schanno, co-pilot Mike Snyder, flight mechanic Nick Giumette and rescue swimmer Craig Power – won the Coast Guard Foundation Heroism Award, an honor that goes annually to only…