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    Coast Guard medevacs tanker crew member off Galveston coast

    HOUSTON — A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 46-year-old crew member off a tanker in the Galveston Fairway Anchorage Thursday morning.

    The captain of the Zambezi Star, a 604-foot chemical tanker, contacted Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders via VHF channel 16 at approximately 11:30 a.m. stating that a crew member fell off a ladder and began experiencing heart attack symptoms.

    The Coast Guard Cutter Manowar responded but was unable to safely transfer the crew member from the tanker to the Manowar's small boat due to height and the crew member's condition. An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew in the area for training overheard the Manowar's communications and offered their assistance.

    The helicopter crew hoisted the crew member aboard and transported them to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston where the individual was transferred in stable condition.

    "We weren't the search and rescue ready crew, but we were in the right place at the right time," said Petty Officer 3rd Class Mitchell Ulrich, the rescue helicopter's hoist technician. "When the Manowar was unable to transfer the crew member, we were happy to assist. I'm always glad when we are able to help a person in need."

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    Date Taken: 02.20.2015
    Date Posted: 02.20.2015 13:13
    Story ID: 155019
    Location: HOUSTON, TX, US

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