Coast Guard Medevacs Man, 73, Aboard Cruise Ship Off Virginia Coast

NORFOLK, VA, UNITED STATES

06.08.2015

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert 

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced an ailing man from a cruise ship Monday approximately 140 miles east of Cape Charles.

Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received a call from the 951-foot cruise ship Carnival Splendor at approximately 5 p.m., requesting a medevac for a 73-year-old passenger experiencing health complications.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, launched at approximately 6 p.m.

The helicopter crew arrived on scene at approximately 7 p.m., hoisted the man and a ship's nurse to the helicopter and took them to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk.

• Date Taken: 06.08.2015
• Date Posted: 06.09.2015 08:11
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 408334
• VIRIN: 150608-G-ZV557-061
• Filename: DOD_102500047
• Length: 00:01:47
• Location: NORFOLK, VA, US