Coast Guard medevacs tug operator near Southport, NC

WILMINGTON, NC, UNITED STATES

12.01.2015

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

A 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Station Oak Island, N.C., transfers Brunswick County EMTs to the tug J.P. McAllister, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) crew from Station Oak Island heard a distress call over the radio and immediately diverted to the tug after the tug’s operator had become unconscious and unresponsive while mooring the 523-foot motor vessel Chembulk Barcelona at the ADM facility on the Cape Fear River near Southport, N.C. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Todd Murray)

• Date Taken: 12.01.2015
• Date Posted: 12.01.2015 19:35
• Photo ID: 2310773
• VIRIN: 151201-G-ZZ999-001
• Resolution: 2560x1440
• Size: 1.39 MB
• Location: WILMINGTON, NC, US