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Video update: Coast Guard medevacs crewman 70 miles off Oregon coast

June 6, 2015

A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore.-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a crew member from the German-flagged motor vessel CMA CGM Vela, June 5, 2015.

The aircrew transported him to waiting EMS personnel, who took him to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria in stable condition.

U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Astoria.

 

SEATTLE — A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 51-year-old male from a 1,140-foot container ship about 70 miles west of the Columbia River Bar, Friday.

A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Oregon-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew safely hoisted the man from the German-flagged motor vessel CMA CGM Vela and transported him to waiting EMS personnel, who took him to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria in stable condition.

Click here for the initial news release.

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