Coast Guard Hoists Man From Longliner Near Cold Bay
Friday, October 18 2013
The Coast Guard airlifted a sick crew member off a fishing vessel near Cold Bay on Friday.
The medevac was for a 42-year-old crew fisherman on the cod longliner Blue Gadus. The man had reported severe chest pains.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter flew 200 miles northwest of its forward deployment in Cold Bay, to meet the Blue Gadus. An HC-130 airplane was dispatched in case a LifeFlight plane couldn’t make it through rough weather in the region to meet the helicopter.
The Jayhawk hoisted the sick man aboard and flew him to Cold Bay, where LifeFlight was waiting to transport him for medical care.
This was the Coast Guard's second medevac near Cold Bay this week. On Sunday, the Coast Guard airlifted a crew member off the F/V Alaska Juris. That person seemed to have developed a hernia.
bob cone on Monday, February 10 2014:
Sean , are you from Bellevue Wash? Did your mom work in Kirkland at the Flame ? get back
Sean Windberg on Sunday, October 20 2013:
Glad your doing well, Don. Thanks to the Coasties for a smooth pick up in less than optimal conditions. Oh, and Don, use spell check next time, don't want folks to think we're a bunch of ignorant savages. We all assume it was the medication.
don carlbom on Sunday, October 20 2013:
I'm the fisherman the air lifted.Im ok. thanks Coast Guard. it turned out I have bad pneumonia in both lungs... Tanks the grew from lifeflight....