Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Fisherman in Southeast Alaska

SITKA, AK, UNITED STATES

08.05.2013

Courtesy Video

U.S. Coast Guard District 17

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists and injured 21-year-old fisherman from the vessel Jerilyn 92 miles southeast of Sitka, Alaska, Aug. 5, 2013. The fisherman injured his arm and hand in a winch accident aboard the vessel prompting his transport to Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka for treatment. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Sitka.

• Date Taken: 08.05.2013
• Date Posted: 08.06.2013 17:06
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 298122
• VIRIN: 130805-G-ZZ999-001
• Filename: DOD_100880398
• Length: 00:00:56
• Location: SITKA, AK, US