Monday, November 7, 2011

Crewman airlifted off crab boat Wizard

This just in from the U.S. Coast Guard:

Nov. 7, 2011

Coast Guard medevacs fisherman north of Cold Bay

KODIAK — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew today medevaced a man from a 150-foot fishing vessel 60 miles north of Cold Bay.

Communications Station Kodiak received a radio call at about 1:22 p.m. from the crew of the Wizard reporting a 28-year-old male had collapsed and was showing signs of dehydration and shock.

The Jayhawk rescue crew was on a training flight when it heard the call. It self-diverted to the location of the Wizard and safely hoisted the man.

The rescue crew transferred the man to Cold Bay clinic personnel for further evaluation at about 3:20 p.m.

The Wizard is a crabber based out of Seattle.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

poor old keith,one for the show,

Anonymous said...

hopefully they got it on video. The content is getting a little tired I suspect.

Anonymous said...

I hope he is OK.

Deckboss said...

The Coast Guard has released some audio of the Wizard's call for help:

http://bit.ly/sX7zWd

Anonymous said...

Anybody know who, yet?