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 on September 23, 2023.
The Coast Guard MRR helicopter aircrew was honored that night at a Louisiana State University college football game.
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NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue an overdue boater after his boat ran aground near Vermillion Bay, Louisiana. Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received notification from St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office at approximately 2:08 a.m. of an overdue boater last reported aboard a 17-foot white center console recreational vessel in the vicinity of Vermillion Bay.
Sector New Orleans watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew and the launch of a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry plane aircrew to assist in the search. Also searching were crews from the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
A good Samaritan aircraft located the aground vessel and vectored in the rescue helicopter aircrew to the boater at approximately 10 a.m.
The boater had no medical concerns and was brought to his vehicle in Cypremort Point, Louisiana.
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The MH-60 Jayhawk MRR Helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the boater aboard the aircraft and transported him to his vehicle at Cypremort Point, Louisiana.
No medical concerns were reported.
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