IMAGERY AVAILABLE: Coast Guard medevacs 35-year-old man from vessel 55 miles west of San Francisco

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 02/13/2018 08:09 PM EST

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Coast Guard medevacs 35-year-old man from vessel 55 miles west of San Francisco 

   

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard medevaced a 35-year-old Taiwanese national approximately 55 nautical miles west of San Francisco, Tuesday.

The motor vessel YM Eminence crew contacted Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders at approximately 5:30 a.m., reporting that a crewmember injured his hand and the crew was having trouble controlling the bleeding.

A Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew launched to medevac the man.

At approximately 8:30 a.m., the helicopter crew arrived on scene, hoisted the crewmember and transferred him to San Francisco Fire Department EMS waiting at Air Station San Francisco.

His condition is unknown.

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