Coast Guard medevacs hiker after injury in Olympic National Forest

WA, UNITED STATES

09.04.2017

Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read      

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

A Coast Guard Sector Columbia River aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter hoists a hiker after he suffered an injury while hiking in the Olympic National Forest near Quinault Lake, Sept. 4, 2017.

The 40-year-old hiker was transported to Bowerman Airport and transferred to emergency medical technicians for further care.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Sector Columbia River 6002.

• Date Taken: 09.04.2017
• Date Posted: 09.04.2017 21:16
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 548136
• VIRIN: 170904-G-G0213-1001
• Filename: DOD_104802111
• Length: 00:01:05
• Location: WA, US
• Hometown: ABERDEEN, WA, US
• Hometown: ASTORIA, OR, US