Coast Guard Medevacs Woman, 71, From Cruise Ship 50 Miles Off NC Coast

NC, UNITED STATES

12.06.2014

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert 

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

The Coast Guard medevaced a 71-year-old woman suffering from abdominal pain Saturday from a cruise ship approximately 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Crew members aboard the Norwegian Breakaway, a 1,069-foot cruise ship, contacted Coast Guard watch standers at approximately 8:45 a.m., notifying them a woman was in need of medical attention aboard the ship.
Command center watch standers dispatched crews aboard an MH-60 Jawhawk helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to assist.
The Jayhawk crew arrived on scene at approximately 11:00 a.m., hoisted the woman into the helicopter and took her to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

• Date Taken: 12.06.2014
• Date Posted: 12.06.2014 17:39
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 379833
• VIRIN: 141206-G-ZV557-815
• Filename: DOD_102131328
• Length: 00:01:32
• Location: NC, US