Coast Guard medevacs man from boat off Sabine Pass, Texas

Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Wargo | Seaman Martin Sissac and Petty Officer 3rd class Kaylee Harding tend to a man with a broken leg and arm during a medevac off Sabine Pass, Texas, Mar. 22, 2017. The man fell while underway on an offshore supply vessel, was taken to Coast Guard Station Sabine and transferred to EMS in stable condition. Photo by Coast Guard Station Sabine  

SABINE PASS, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

03.22.2017

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Williams  

U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET Houston

At approximately 7:45 a.m., Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a report from the 120-foot boat, Poppa John, stating a crewmember fell and broke a leg and an arm and was experiencing extreme pain.
Watchstanders launched a Station Sabine 45-foot response boat crew with an EMT aboard to meet the vessel as it got closer to shore.
Once the man was transferred to the response boat, he was taken to Station Sabine where EMS was waiting.
He was reported in stable condition.

• Date Taken: 03.22.2017
• Date Posted: 03.22.2017 15:08
• Story ID: 227754
• Location: SABINE PASS, TEXAS, US