Coast Guard medevacs 35-year-old man off Bermuda coast

PORTSMOUTH, VA, UNITED STATES

11.19.2013

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U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 35-year-old man Tuesday morning. The man suffered injuries from a fall off the fourth deck of his vessel.

The captain of the Finesse, a 455-foot ship, contacted Coast Guard 5th District Command Center watchstanders at approximately 4 p.m. Monday reporting a member aboard the Finesse suffered head trauma and a possible broken leg and arm.

Fifth District Command Center watchstanders dispatched crews aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., to assist.

The Jayhawk crew arrived on scene at approximately 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, hoisted the man into the helicopter and took him to King Edward Memorial Hospital in Bermuda.

• Date Taken: 11.19.2013
• Date Posted: 11.19.2013 17:10
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 308681
• VIRIN: 131911-G-ZZ999-001
• Filename: DOD_100958202
• Length: 00:02:10
• Location: PORTSMOUTH, VA, US