Coast Guard medevacs man near Mobile Bay, Alabama
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/10/2019 12:09 PM EDT
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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland |
Coast Guard medevacs man near Mobile Bay, Alabama
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NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 46 miles south of Mobile Bay, Alabama, Saturday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 7:44 p.m. Friday of a man aboard a fishing vessel going in and out of consciousness.
Sector watchstanders diverted an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile to medevac the man.
The aircrew arrived on scene at 8:34 p.m. and transported the man to Providence Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, in stable condition.
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