An aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River conducts a medevac of a Filipino sailor who fell ill while working aboard the motor vessel Atlas more than 200 miles west of the Columbia River Bar, Dec. 1, 2017.
The man was transported safely to Warrenton, Ore., where he was transferred to a Life Flight Network helicopter crew who then flew him to Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Sector Columbia River 6003.
Station Cape Disappointment is known around the Coast Guard as an unforgiving and challenging place to operate. Notorious for 2000 shipwrecks and 700 deaths since its discovery, people across the world recognize it as the Graveyard of the Pacific. But to the crew of Station Cape Disappointment, it is both a home and a training ground.
There is nothing more valuable to human life than the knowledge and skills required to preserve it. A recent course held in Astoria, Ore., offered students exactly that sort of value. The course, specifically designed to educate commercial fishermen on how to survive maritime emergencies, offered a host of information and practical experience aimed at saving their lives.
