Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman 25 miles off Nantucket

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/14/2017 10:17 PM EDT

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October 14, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Northeast
Contact: 1st District Public Affairs
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Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman 25 miles off Nantucket 

Screenshot from a video of a helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod hoisting a seriously injured fisherman Saturday, October 14, 2017 from a fishing boat 25 miles east of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The aircrew hoisted the man and flew him to Massachusetts General Hospital where his care was transferred to medical personnel. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

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BOSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a seriously injured fisherman Saturday from a boat 25 miles east of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

A man aboard the fishing vessel Hera contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Saturday evening and reported another crewman suffered a head laceration, and was in immediate need of professional medical care.

A helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod deployed to medevac the man, and flew him to Massachusetts General Hospital where his care was transferred to medical personnel.

 

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