Eric Jones, Sea Valor founder
Eric Jones received a Medal of Valor for pulling and carrying five people from the impact zone at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Jones runs a program called Sea Valor, based in his hometown of Oakland and aboard the USS Hornet, that mentors Bay Area teenagers, taking them out on the water, introducing them to sailing, and instilling discipline and hope for the future.
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