Archive image: A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew assigned to Air Station Clearwater conducts a search and rescue training flight near Clearwater, Florida.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Riley Perkofski.
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducted the medevac of a 77-year-old fisherman (male) experiencing stroke-like symptoms approximately 138 nautical miles southwest of Sanibel Island. Sunday, July 13, 2025.
The man was safely transported to Gulfcoast Medical Center for a higher level of care.
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a phone call at 7:33 p.m. from the owner of Honey Bee, a commercial fishing vessel, reporting the captain was experiencing a medical emergency.
Coast Guard watchstanders coordinated the launch of an Air Station Clearwater MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew and an Air Station Miami HC-144B Ocean Sentry aircrew for communication assistance due to the distance from shore.
The MH-60T Jayhawk MRR Helicopter aircrew safely transported the man to Gulfcoast Medical Center for a higher level of care.
U.S. Coast Guard video.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector St Petersburg.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami.
U.S. Coast Guard Southeast.
U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area.
“The interoperability of our units is paramount to our success during long-distance operations,” said Chief Petty Officer Jean Latimer, an operations specialist assigned to Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg. “Through the coordination of both our aircrews and our watchstanders at the command center we were able to get this fisherman the care he needed.”
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