SinkingVessel

ASTORIA, OR, UNITED STATES

07.20.2010

Courtesy Video

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

ASTORIA, Ore. - A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., hoists a 53-year-old fisherman from a sinking vessel approximately 20 miles west of the Columbia River entrance, Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

Coast Guard Group Astoria issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) and launched a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria.

The helicopter crew hoisted and transported the fisherman to awaiting emergency medical services at Air Station Astoria.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Astoria, Ore.

• Date Taken: 07.20.2010
• Date Posted: 12.19.2013 13:00
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 315676
• VIRIN: 100720-G-6562L-002
• Filename: DOD_101058712
• Length: 00:00:39
• Location: ASTORIA, OR, US