Coast Guard medevacs mariner near Manasquan, New Jersey

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 01/07/2022 10:13 AM EST

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Coast Guard medevacs mariner near Manasquan, New Jersey

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard medevaced a mariner Thursday night approximately 11 miles east of Manasquan. 

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received a call from the captain of the vessel Peter Farber that a crewmember aboard was experiencing abdominal pains and needed medical assistance. 

A Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew was launched to medevac the crewmember.

The aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the crewmember, and transported him to the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey. 

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