Archive image: U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew fly over Louisiana en route to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi.
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevac two men from a lift boat approximately 40 nautical miles offshore from Marsh Island, Louisiana. Sunday, August 11, 2024.
At approximately 7:53 p.m. the Coast Guard 8th District (U.S. Coast Guard Heartland) watchstanders received a notification from the lift boat BRAZOS that two men needed medical attention after experiencing a fire onboard.
The Coast Guard 8th District watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew to conduct the medevac.
The MH-60T Jayhawk MRR Helicopter aircrew arrived on-scene, hoisted the men aboard, and transported them to awaiting emergency medical services (EMS) personnel at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana.
U.S. Coast Guard video.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.
U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area.
U.S. Coast Guard Heartland.
Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Department of Homeland Security.
The fire was extinguished and no pollution was reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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