A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced Jimmy Richard, 60, from a fishing vessel 30 miles offshore of the Atchafalaya River, Friday. Watchstanders launched a Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans to conduct the medevac and an HC-144 crew from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile for a cover flight. The MH-65 crew arrived on scene at 7:03 p.m. and hoisted Richard.
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