VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard medevacs mariner 10 miles offshore Freeport, Texas

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 07/09/2021 09:56 PM EDT

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Coast Guard medevacs mariner 10 miles offshore Freeport, Texas

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HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a 27-year-old mariner from a tanker vessel approximately 10 miles offshore Freeport, Texas, Friday.

Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a call at approximately 11 a.m. from the tanker vessel Prism Agility stating a mariner was having trouble breathing. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon who recommended a medevac.

A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew launched to assist.

The Dolphin crew arrived on scene, hoisted the man and transported him to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in stable condition.

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