Coast Guard medevacs 79-year-old man west of Ensenada (video available)
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 11/08/2017 02:58 PM EST
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November 8, 2017 |
Coast Guard medevacs 79-year-old man west of Ensenada
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SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard medevaced a 79-year-old man approximately 70 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico, Wednesday.
At approximately 8 a.m., the crew of the cruise ship Carnival Imagination contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego's Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders to report a passenger was experiencing heart-attack like symptoms.
A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew was launched to medevac the man.
At approximately 9:30 a.m., the Jayhawk crew arrived on scene, hoisted the passenger and took him to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla.
His condition is unknown.
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