This picture shows a boat carrying refugees fleeing Vietnam tied to a Sea-Land shipping vessel in July 1978. Passengers aboard the small boat were signaling for help and the freighter stopped to help and eventually rescued all 51 passengers aboard. Pictured at top left (in front of a basket) is then 12-year-old Fort Walton Beach resident Minh Nguyen. When he decided to start his own restaurant, Nguyen named it Sealand, after the vessel and company that saved the lives of his family.
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