Archive image: A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer from Air Station Houston conducts hoist training from a MH-65E Dolphin helicopter with the USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913) in the Atlantic Ocean, July 5, 2022.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Fontenette.
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin crew medevac two mariners from a supply vessel 100 nautical miles offshore Galveston, Texas. Saturday, October 21, 2023.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a call at 6:30 a.m. from the captain of an offshore supply vessel stating they had taken aboard five people found adrift on a raft. The five boaters’ vessel had reportedly capsized.
One of the boaters from the adrift raft had suffered a jaw injury, while another man from the raft had suffered an injury to his ribs. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac.
Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, directed the launch of an HC-144 Ocean Sentry from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi for offshore coverage and an MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston to conduct the medevac.
The rescue helicopter crew arrived on scene, deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the two injured men and transported them to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
They were last reported to be in stable condition.
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The two men were transferred to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Houston.
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