Assets conducted critical incident search and rescue overflights and assessments for damage along the Gulf Coast Region of Louisiana following Hurricane Ida.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Dickinson.
BOSTON — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew conducted a medevac of a fisherman 58 nautical miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Wednesday.
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Southeast New England watchstanders received a notification from the fishing vessel Jean Marie, reporting that a crewmember was having trouble breathing, and were requesting assistance.
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew was launched to assist.
Once over the scene the rescue helicopter aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer who took care of securing the man and hoisting him up safely.
The Jean Marie crew requested Coast Guard assistance reporting the fisherman had some chest congestion and trouble breathing aboard the vessel.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Noel.
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Once on board, the MH-60T Jayhawk MRR helicopter crew headed for land and transferred the fisherman to Hyannis Airport, where local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transported him to Cape Cod Hospital, for treatment.
The fishing vessel Jean Marie is homeported in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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