Coast Guard responds to unconscious fisherman east of Chatham

11.28.2011

Courtesy Video

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters   

The Coast Guard medically evacuated an unconscious fisherman 114 miles east of Chatham, Mass., Monday at approximately 8:00 a.m. The Virginia Sands crewmembers performed CPR on the man until he began breathing with a weak pulse.

A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew immediately launched and safely hoisted the man.

He was taken to Barnstable Muni-Boardman/Polando Field in Hyannis, Mass., and transferred to Cape Cod Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

• Date Taken: 11.28.2011
• Date Posted: 12.21.2013 17:43
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 317330
• Filename: DOD_101062239
• Length: 00:01:08