Coast Guard medevacs injured Ecuadorean mariner

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

11.09.2017

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Wyrick and Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir

U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

The Coast Guard medevaced Miguel Alberto Devena of Ecuador, 39, from Christmas Island, Republic of Kiribati, more than 1,300 miles to Honolulu Nov. 9, 2017. Devena was safely transported aboard a Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules fixed wing airplane on a four-hour flight to the air station where local emergency services personnel were waiting to transfer him to Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu early the next morning. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Levasseur and Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.09.2017
• Date Posted: 12.30.2017 18:32
• Category: Video Productions
• Video ID: 578138
• VIRIN: 171109-G-CA140-032
• Filename: DOD_105219011
• Length: 00:00:32
• Location: CX