PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard medevacs 66-year-old man from fishing boat

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/26/2018 09:44 AM EDT

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Coast Guard medevacs 66-year-old man from fishing boat

Fort Myers Beach Fire Department emergency medical services personnel prepare a 66-year-old man for transport to Lee Memorial Hospital at Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Thursday, April 26, 2018. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Fort Myers Beach medevaced the 66-year-old man from a 90-foot fishing boat 40 miles southwest of Fort Myers Beach. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)  Fort Myers Beach Fire Department emergency medical services personnel prepare a 66-year-old man for transport to Lee Memorial Hospital at Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Thursday, April 26, 2018. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Fort Myers Beach medevaced the 66-year-old man from a 90-foot fishing boat 40 miles southwest of Fort Myers Beach. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)  Fort Myers Beach Fire Department emergency medical services personnel prepare a 66-year-old man for transport to Lee Memorial Hospital at Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Thursday, April 26, 2018. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Fort Myers Beach medevaced the 66-year-old man from a 90-foot fishing boat 40 miles southwest of Fort Myers Beach. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

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FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla.— The Coast Guard medevaced a 66-year-old man from a 90-foot fishing boat 40 miles southwest of Fort Myers Beach, Thursday.

Rescued was Alfredo Simon, 66, from Fort Myers. 

At 2:44 a.m. Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a call via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 reporting Simon was suffering from symptoms of a heart attack aboard the 90-foot fishing boat, Double E. A flight surgeon recommended Simon be medevaced.

A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Fort Myers Beach was launched, arrived on scene and transported Simon to the station where Fort Myers Beach Fire Department emergency medical services awaited. EMS transported him to Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers.

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