Coast Guard medevacs ill man off Washington coast

ASTORIA, OR, UNITED STATES

11.16.2018

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Trevor Lilburn 

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuates an ill man off a factory trawler underway 30 miles west of Grays Harbor, Wash., Nov. 16, 2018.

The aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Sector Columbia River safely hoisted the 24-year-old man and flew him to awaiting emergency medical services, which transported him to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore., for further care.

U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy Sector Columbia River.

• Date Taken: 11.16.2018
• Date Posted: 11.17.2018 19:05
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 641275
• VIRIN: 181116-G-GE256-0198
• Filename: DOD_106226872
• Length: 00:01:11
• Location: ASTORIA, OR, US