August 27, 2015
A Coast Guard rescue swimmer from Air Station Port Angele is lowered down to the Lummi Island Patrol Boat to assist and set up a hoist of an injured fisherman south of San Juan Island, Wash., Aug. 27, 2015.
The fisherman was injured when the line he was handling parted, snapped back and hit him in the upper body while aboard the fishing vessel Mr. Wonderful.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Port Angeles
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Editor's Note: The previous release headline read Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman off boat near Port Angeles, Wash.