The Coast Guard medevaced a 44-year-old man aboard a yacht, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, that was taking on water in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 14 miles east of Ocracoke Inlet, N.C. A crew aboard a Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, lowered two dewatering pumps to the yacht, hoisted the injured crewmember and took him to Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New Bern, N.C., where they were met by an ambulance crew who took them to Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern.
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