Video Release: Coast Guard, Navy conduct medevac of cruise ship passenger near Hawaii
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/17/2018 03:14 PM EDT
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U.S. Coast Guard 14th District Hawaii and the Pacific |
Video Release: 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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