“Having been forced to abandon ship so far from shore could have turned out much worse,” said Lt. Jake Conrad, Air Station Borinquen MH-65 Dolphin helicopter pilot.
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The man was suffering from respiratory arrest aboard the cruise ship Grandeur of the Seas when cruise ship personnel requested a Coast Guard medevac.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, medevacs a 70-year-old man from a cruise ship off the North Carolina coast March 28, 2017.
The Coast Guard medevaced the captain of the trawler after it was reported he was suffering stroke-like symptoms.
A fire was built by the surfmen to serve as a beacon to the people on the vessel and to warm themselves by while waiting for daylight and the arrival of the life-saving appliances.
The Coast Guard medevacs a woman from a cruise ship about 110 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Feb. 18, 2017. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City brought the man to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City/Released)
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Bacone and Chief Petty Officer Carlos Perez from Maritime Safety and Security Team New York conduct security sweeps with their canine, Ruthie, during a dinner cruise in Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2017. MSST New York is one of the Coast Guard’s anti-terrorism teams established to protect local maritime assets and to support large-scale events including the 58th Presidential Inauguration
The Captain Garland takes the Nightstalker in tow 20 miles northeast of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, November 30, 2016
At approximately 6:30 a.m., the MH-60 Jayhawk crew located the vessel overturned southeast of White Point Beach with one person on top of the hull. The boater was transferred to MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. His condition is unknown.
The USCG commissioned the newest Fast Response Cutter Rollin Fritch in Cape May, New Jersey The Rollin Fritch is named after Coast Guard Seaman 1st …