PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 35-year-old man Tuesday from a cruise ship approximately 180 miles east of Nags Head, N.C.
Rescued was Brent Killian.
The captain of the 965-foot cruise ship Norwegian Gem notified watchstanders at the Fifth District Command Center at 2:21 p.m. stating Killian was is in medical distress.
Coast Guard watchstanders launched crews aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., to assist.
The helicopter crew arrived on scene at approximately 5 p.m., hoisted Killian and took him back to the air station. Killian was then transferred to an ambulance crew who took him to Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City.
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