July 29, 2015
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Chincoteague helped enforced the safety zone Wednesday at the 90th Annual Pony Swim between Assateague and Chincoteague islands off Virginia's Eastern Shore.Thousands of spectators gathered for the event both on shore and on the water.
The Station Chincoteague crews used the 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boat for the event.
The annual event gained international recognition after Marguerite Henry's children's novel "Misty of Chincoteague" was published in 1947, and the subsequent release of the 1961 film "Misty," based on the book.