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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a cruise ship passenger Saturday approximately 45 miles off the coast of Charleston.
The passenger, a 29-year-old man, was reported to be in stable condition.
Watchstanders in the Coast Guard District 7 command center were notified of the situation by phone at 5 a.m. The passenger suffered a hip and leg injury while aboard the cruise ship Disney Magic. A Coast Guard flight surgeon was briefed on the situation and recommended the man be medevaced.
A crew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston was launched to hoist the patient from the cruise ship.
The patient was taken to Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
For more information contact the Coast Guard Seventh District Public Affairs Detachment Jacksonville at 305-318-1864.