Coast Guard medevacs man, dewaters yacht 14 miles east of Ocracoke Inlet, NC

OCRACOKE, NC, UNITED STATES

08.25.2013

Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill 

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

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.

• Date Taken: 08.25.2013
• Date Posted: 08.25.2013 15:49
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 299616
• VIRIN: 130825-G-RU729-001
• Filename: DOD_100894781
• Length: 00:05:07
• Location: OCRACOKE, NC, US