Video Release: Coast Guard, Navy conduct medevac of cruise ship passenger near Hawaii

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Video Release: Coast Guard, Navy conduct medevac of cruise ship passenger near Hawaii


Coast Guard, Navy conduct medevac of cruise ship passenger near Hawaii


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HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Navy conducted a medevac of an 83-year-old male Canadian passenger from a 951-foot cruise ship roughly 150 miles north of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Oct 15, 2018.

A Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter crew from the Kaneohe Bay-based Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 hoisted the afflicted man from the Emerald Princess and transported him to awaiting emergency services in Queen’s Medical Center. A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew flew cover to provide support.

The original press release is available here: goo.gl/x6Rqn8

 

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