Archive image: Members of Forward Operating Base Point Mugu participated in cliff rescue training off the coast of Point Vicente Lighthouse, March 21, 2017.
The MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews conducted several hoist pratscenarios including rescuing a mannequin from a cliff face.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Sondra-Kay Kneen.
SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard FOB Point Mugu MH-65 Dolphin aircrew medevac a 57-year-old man from a fishing vessel approximately 90 nautical miles off the San Diego coast. Saturday, July 29, 2023.
Sport fishing vessel Fortune crewmembers contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders requesting a medevac for a man experiencing heart attack-like symptoms.
Sector San Diego JHOC watchstanders coordinated with Coast Guard 11th District command center personnel who contacted Coast Guard Forward Operating Base Point Mugu to conduct the hoist.
Once on scene, the FOB Mugu MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew hoisted the man and transported him to Torrance Airport, where he was then transferred to Torrance Memorial Medical Center.
The individual was reported to be in stable condition.
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A Coast Guard Forward Operating Base (FOB) Point Mugu MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew was launched to conduct the rescue (Medevac).
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