Coast Guard Medevacs Ailing Motor Vessel Crewman off Va.

PORTSMOUTH, VA, UNITED STATES

02.27.2015

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn          

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevacs a crewman from the motor vessel Houston Express about 25 miles east of Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, February 27, 2015.

Houston Express crew members reported the ailing crewman to the Coast Guard while en route to France Thursday, changed the vessel’s course approximately 345 miles east of Virginia Beach, and headed back toward Virginia to get within range for the medevac.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Elizabeth City.

• Date Taken: 02.27.2015
• Date Posted: 02.27.2015 13:12
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 392741
• VIRIN: 150227-G-LS819-001
• Filename: DOD_102262559
• Length: 00:01:57
• Location: PORTSMOUTH, VA, US