UPDATE: Coast Guard concludes medical response from ship explosion, 2 medevaced

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/26/2017 08:21 AM EDT

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News Release  

April 26, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Northeast
Contact: 1st District Public Affairs
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UPDATE: Coast Guard concludes medical response from ship explosion, 2 medevaced

Members of the 106th Rescue Wing assigned to New York Air National Guard, run to add additional supplies for a rescue mission to Lajes, Azores, April 24, 2017, Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The mission is to locate the aircraft and drop para-rescuemen who will board the ship and provide emergency medical care to the crew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cheran A. Cambridge) Members of the 106th Rescue Wing assigned to New York Air National Guard, prepare to take off for a rescue mission at Lajes, Azores, April 24, 2017, Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The mission is to locate the aircraft and drop para-rescuemen who will board the ship and provide emergency medical care to the crew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cheran A. Cambridge)

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BOSTON —  The two surviving crewmembers of the bulk-carrier Tamar explosion were medevaced at approximately 4:30 a.m., by a Portuguese aircrew along with three New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing pararescuers to continue medical care.  

The aircrew arrived in Terceira Island, Azores at about 7 a.m. A Portuguese Air Force jet is scheduled to be waiting along with a medical team to bring the injured to Lisbon, Portugal for medical treatment. 

The captain of the Marshall Islands-flagged 623-foot bulk carrier Tamar contacted watchstanders at the Coast Guard command center reporting an explosion in the ship’s forward storeroom. New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing pararescuers arrived on board the Tamar at about 9:30 p.m., Monday, after deploying from their HC-130 with two small boats and advanced life-saving equipment.

Read the initial release here.

Read the first update here.

 

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