Coast Guard medevacs man off fishing vessel in Gulf of Mexico

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/24/2017 03:32 PM EDT

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 News Release  

June 24, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Office: (281) 464-4810
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Coast Guard medevacs man off fishing vessel in Gulf of Mexico

 

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a 36-year-old man off a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Galveston Saturday afternoon.

At 11:20 a.m., the captain of the fishing vessel Captain John contacted Sector Houston watchstanders to report that a passenger was experiencing numbness in his left arm and chest pains.

An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin aircrew arrived on scene at 12:45 p.m. and medevaced the man to University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston at 1:12 p.m.

The man’s condition is unknown.

 

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