Video Available: Coast Guard medevacs mariner 17 miles offshore VA/NC state line
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/17/2021 04:40 PM EDT
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U.S. Coast Guard 5th District Mid-Atlantic |
Video Available: Coast Guard medevacs mariner 17 miles offshore VA/NC state line
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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a mariner 17 miles offshore near the Virginia/North Carolina state line Wednesday.
Watchstanders at Sector North Carolina command center received a call at 3:35 p.m. from a research trawler that a person aboard was experiencing severe abdominal pain.
Coast Guard watchstanders launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City who arrived on scene and transported the individual to Sentara Albermarle Hospital in Elizabeth City.
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