Jake Dawson:  

Life After graduating from Easton in 1976, my first career took me from New Orleans to the great state of Alaska where I worked on an offshore oil rig which was drilling for oil off the coast of Dutch Harbor Alaska. That platform named the "Ocean Ranger" was the biggest and the most modern instillation of its kind. Built to withstand the most harsh weather conditions (high winds and seas) we drilled several wells off the coast of Alaska as well as the Grand Banks off the coast of Newfoundland. I left the "Ocean Ranger" in 1980 to join the New Orleans Police Department. Weeks after leaving the rig, it capsized killing all 84 men aboard.The crew that perished was the group to which I was assigned. I retired from the New Orleans Police Department in October 2001 after 21 years of service. I'm presently doing consu...Expand for more