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    Coast Guard medevacs man from vessel 70 miles off NJ coast

    ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES

    01.23.2012

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    U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard evacuated a 21-year-old man off a 100-foot fishing vessel approximately 70 miles east of here at approximately 7:30 a.m., Jan. 23.

    The crew from the fishing vessel Friendship called watchstanders at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City at approximately 6 a.m. stating a crewmember was experiencing severe abdominal pains and in need of assistance.

    An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City arrived on scene and hoisted the crewmember into the helicopter. The crewmember was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center.

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    Date Taken: 01.23.2012
    Date Posted: 01.23.2012 13:30
    Story ID: 82719
    Location: ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, US

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