Bridge operators like the one Captain Pat met up with at the Ben Sawyer Bridge, north of Charleston, are all too rare!

Subject: Ben Sawyer Bridge – Bridge Tender
Cruising News: Okay – I admit it, I ran aground watching to see if the bridge was going to open (not paying attention to where I was in the river after racing to get there for her 1:00pm opening… After running aground, we refloated pretty close to the bridge (North bound on the south side of the bridge). The bridge opens on the hour, but after watching us aground for about an hour 15 minutes, we hailed the bridge tender that we were now afloat again. This was another 45 minutes until the next scheduled opening, but she opened it for us and let us through. I'm sending kudos to her because she didn't have to do that. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Pat