Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Coast Guard medevacs longliner crewman

A Coast Guard helicopter today safely hoisted an ailing crewman off the longliner Polaris.

The 76-foot vessel was located 23 miles northwest of Chirikof Island in the Gulf of Alaska.

The crewman, 57, reportedly was suffering from abdominal pain, the Coast Guard said.

1 comment:

ron said...

curious about who it was and how is he doing?i know someone who fishes on the polaris(brian)spents winters down south thanks,ron