Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilots from Air Station Kodiak approach a motor vessel 170 miles southwest of Cold Bay, Alaska, April 30, 2020 while their crew prepares the cabin behind them for a medevac.
Coast Guard watchstanders in the 17th District command center in Juneau received the request at about 1 p.m. April 29 to hoist a 61-year-old man experiencing abdominal pain from the 905-foot, U.S.-flagged motor vessel Alaskan Navigator that was en route from Valdez to China.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak