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Coast Guard Rescue off Ocrakoke Inlet

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<p>VIDEO UPDATE&colon; Coast Guard medevacs man&comma; dewaters yacht 14 miles east of Ocracoke Inlet&comma; NC &lbrack;The Coast Guard medevaced a 44-year-old man aboard a yacht&comma; Sunday&comma; Aug&period; 25&comma; 2013&comma; that was taking on water in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 14 miles east of Ocracoke Inlet&comma; N&period;C&period; A crew aboard a Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City&comma; lowered two dewatering pumps to the yacht&comma; hoisted the injured crewmember and took him to Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New Bern&comma; N&period;C&period;&comma; where they were met by an ambulance crew who took them to Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern&period; U&period;S&period; Coast Guard video&rsqb; PORTSMOUTH&comma; Va&period; — The Coast Guard medevaced a 44-year-old man aboard a yacht&comma; Sunday&comma; that was taking on water in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 14 miles east of Ocracoke Inlet&comma; N&period;C&period; A member aboard the Lady Windridge&comma; a 149-foot yacht&comma; contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders at approximately 2&colon;45 a&period;m&period; reporting their boat had seven people aboard&comma; was taking on water and a crewmember sustained significant injuries to his hand while trying to stop the flooding&period; Sector North Carolina watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and dispatched crews aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City&comma; N&period;C&period;&comma; a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet&comma; N&period;C&period;&comma; a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Coast Guard Station Fort Macon&comma; N&period;C&period;&comma; and the Coast Guard Cutter Elm&comma; a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Atlantic Beach&comma; N&period;C&period;&comma; to assist&period; The Jayhawk crew arrived on scene&comma; lowered two dewatering pumps&comma; hoisted the injured crewmember and transported him to Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New Bern&comma; N&period;C&period;&comma; where they were met by an ambulance crew who took them to Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern&period; &&num;8220&semi;It wasn&&num;8217&semi;t just a medevac or a boat taking on water&comma; it was both&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Hernon&comma; the aviation survival technician aboard the Jayhawk from Air Station Elizabeth City&period; &&num;8220&semi;Once on deck&comma; I assessed the patient&comma; who was conscious and stable&comma; but in a lot of pain&period; Due to the rough sea state&comma; I asked two crewmembers to bring the patient to the aft deck while I stabilized the basket&comma; which sped up the hoist and minimized the risk to everyone&period;&&num;8221&semi; The MLB crew from Station Hatteras Inlet arrived on scene and transferred two crewmembers and a P-6 dewatering pump to the Lady Windridge&period; Once the yacht was dewatered&comma; the Hatteras Inlet crewmembers were transferred back to their boat and their MLB returned to the station&period; The MLB crew from Station Fort Macon and the crew aboard the Elm escorted the Lady Windridge to Portside Marina in Morehead City&comma; N&period;C&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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