PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard medevaced a 68-year-old man Friday from a sailboat 127 miles east of Virginia Beach.
A crewman aboard the 37-foot sailboat Bad Cat contacted Coast Guard 5th District Command Center watchstanders via a satellite phone at approximately 12:24 p.m. to report the captain of the vessel was suffering from a skin infection.
District watchstanders launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to assist.
The aircrews arrived on scene at approximately 2:15 p.m. The man was hoisted aboard the helicopter and transferred to Norfolk Sentara General Hospital personnel at approximately 3:10 p.m.
Date Taken: | 06.20.2014 |
Date Posted: | 06.20.2014 17:28 |
Category: | B-Roll |
Video ID: | 344894 |
VIRIN: | 140620-G-ZZ999-010 |
Filename: | DOD_101755349 |
Length: | 00:00:57 |
Location: | VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, US |
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