Injured man medically evacuated from container ship 78 miles offshore

CHARLESTON, SC, UNITED STATES

08.14.2014

Video by Sgt. Jennifer Spiker 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Jacksonville   

A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Facility Charleston, S.C., hoisted an injured man off a container ship 78 miles east of Charleston Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. A Coast Guard flight surgeon recommended the medevac after watchstanders in the Sector Charleston command center were notified the crewman’s eye was injured while he was performing his duties aboard the ship Northern Dexterity. (U.S. Coast Guard video) Available in high definition.

• Date Taken: 08.14.2014
• Date Posted: 08.14.2014 22:07
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 355415
• VIRIN: 140814-G-ZZ000-001
• Filename: DOD_101885189
• Length: 00:02:35
• Location: CHARLESTON, SC, US