April 22, 2015
For video of the rescue, click the above photo.
NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew medevaced a man from a fishing boat eight miles offshore of Point Au Fer Island, at around 3:10 p.m., Tuesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans command center launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans to medevac a fisherman who had been reportedly suffering from seizures.
Once on scene, the helicopter crew hoisted the man aboard and flew him to Air Station New Orleans to awaiting EMS. The man was then transported to Ochsner Medical Center- West Bank Campus.