<figure id="attachment_8490" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8490" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/DSCF99051.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-8490" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/DSCF99051-1024x768.jpg" alt="The Carnival Pride, home-ported in Baltimore, sails south down the Chesapeake Bay. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo" width="1024" height="768" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8490" class="wp-caption-text">The Carnival Pride, home-ported in Baltimore, sails south down the Chesapeake Bay. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Coast Guard Medevac Man Aboard Cruise Ship off NC Coast</span></strong></span></p>
<div>Credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert | Date Taken: 05/09/2015</div>
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<p>The U.S. Coast Guard medevac an ailing man from a cruise ship<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_1123132522"><span class="aQJ"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Saturday</span></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span>approximately 70 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received a call from the 965-foot cruise ship Carnival Pride at approximately<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_1123132523"><span class="aQJ"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">3 p.m.</span></span></span>, requesting a medevac for a 47-year-old passenger experiencing health complications.</p>
<p>An <strong>MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City</strong>, North Carolina, launched at approximately<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_1123132524"><span class="aQJ"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">4 p.m.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span>The helicopter crew arrived on scene at approximately<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_1123132525"><span class="aQJ"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">4:40 p.m.</span></span></span>, hoisted the man to the helicopter and took him to Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City, North Carolina.</p>
<p>The airlift of the passenger took place as the Carnival Pride was on a return trip to Baltimore from the Caribbean. The present position of the Pride at 12:00 am Sunday was noted as the ship passed over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel that links the Virginia Eastern Shore to Norfolk.</p>
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