PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 27-year-old crewmember Saturday from a fishing boat approximately 40 miles east of Chincoteague.
The master of the fishing boat Kirsten Lee contacted Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads watchstanders at 11:15 a.m. Saturday stating a crewmember was suffering from chest pain and needed medical attention.
Sector watchstanders launched a crew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to assist.
The helicopter crew arrived on scene at approximately 1:40 p.m. hoisted the man and took him Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland.
Date Taken: | 05.17.2014 |
Date Posted: | 05.17.2014 21:00 |
Category: | B-Roll |
Video ID: | 337653 |
VIRIN: | 140517-G-ZV557-208 |
Filename: | DOD_101657922 |
Length: | 00:03:05 |
Location: | PORTSMOUTH, VA, US |
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