VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard MEDEVACs fisherman 100 miles south of Moriches, New York

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/12/2022 12:36 PM EDT

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VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard MEDEVACs fisherman 100 miles south of Moriches, New York

Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod air crew lifts a sick passenger from a charter vessel 

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NEW YORK — The Coast Guard conducted a medevac of a fisherman 100 miles south of Moriches, New York, Tuesday morning. 

Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound watchstanders received a notification from the charter vessel Booyah reporting that a crew member was experiencing a seizure, and were requesting assistance.

A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew launched, safely hoisted, and transferred the fisherman to Stony Brook Hospital for treatment.

 

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