Coast Guard medevacs 42-year-old crewmember from cruise ship off North Carolina coast

ELIZABETH CITY, NC, UNITED STATES

03.27.2014

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert 

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 42-year-old male crewmember Wednesday from a cruise ship approximately 25 miles east of Cape Lookout, N.C.

Rescued was Dedik Efendi.

The captain of the 950-foot cruise ship Carnival Splendor notified watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center at approximately 6 p.m. stating Efendi was is in medical distress.

Coast Guard watchstanders launched crews aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., to assist.

The helicopter crew arrived on scene at approximately 8 p.m., hoisted Efendi and took him back to Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City.

The man was listed in stable condition.

• Date Taken: 03.27.2014
• Date Posted: 03.27.2014 11:30
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 324862
• VIRIN: 140327-G-ZV557-475
• Filename: DOD_101204854
• Length: 00:02:15
• Location: ELIZABETH CITY, NC, US