Archive image: A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew conducts hoist training with the USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913) in the Atlantic Ocean, July 5, 2022.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Fontenette.
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin aircrew rescue (medevac) a injured fisherman approximately 10 nautical miles south of Freeport, Texas. Sunday, September 3, 2023.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a phone call at 8:55 a.m. from the mother of a 21-year-old man aboard a 50-foot sport fisher stating her son sustained lacerations while recreationally fishing offshore.
Coast Guard watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac.
An MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston launched to assist.
The MH-65 Dolphin SRR helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 10:25 a.m., deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the injured man, and transported him to St. Luke’s Health – Brazosport Hospital in Lake Jackson, Texas.
He was last reported to be in stable condition.
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The man was brought to St. Luke’s Health – Brazosport Hospital in Lake Jackson, Texas, where he was last reported to be in stable condition.
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