Coast Guard honors heroic N.C. nurse

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Oscar Rodriguez presents the national ensign to the father of Jerry Y. Avant, during memorial services at Richmond Memorial Park, Thursday, April 2, 2009. Avant, who served in the Coast Guard as an Aviation Electronics Technician for 10 years, sacrificed his life, protecting patients from a gunman Sunday, March 29, 2009, while working as a nurse at the Pinelake Health and Rehab Center in Carthage, N.C. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Kip Wadlow)