Coast Guard medevacs 20-year-old male

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/14/2017 12:23 PM EDT

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News Release  

June 14, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs
Office: (504) 671-2020
After Hours: (618) 225-9008

Coast Guard medevacs 20-year-old male

 

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a man from 7 miles offshore near Destin, Florida, Wednesday. 

Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a notification at 8:29 a.m. of a 20-year-old male suffering from seizure-like symptoms while fishing offshore.

Watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Station Destin 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew at 8:53 a.m.

The boatcrew arrived on scene at 9:35 a.m., brought the survivor on board, and successfully transferred him to Okaloosa County Emergency Services at Station Destin.

The survivor was reported in stable condition.

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