{"id":82808,"date":"2018-11-11T23:35:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T03:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82808"},"modified":"2018-11-11T23:35:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T03:35:10","slug":"coast-guard-rescues-ailing-man-far-off-the-north-carolina-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82808","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard rescues ailing man far off the North Carolina coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rescueA Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, hoists an ailing man from the cutter Spencer about 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras on Saturday. The man was experiencing chest pains aboard a sailboat 275 miles offshore when the vessel\u2019s crew requested a medevac. (Coast Guard video screenshot)
\nBy: Carl Prine <\/p>\n

The Coasties shine once again, flawlessly executing a boat-to-cutter, and cutter-to-helo, rescue way off the coast of North Carolina. Say what you may about the Coast Guard, but give credit where credit is due- these guys and gals are World Class when it comes to Search and Rescue.<\/p>\n

A ham radio operator in Florida helped the Coast Guard rescue a man far off the North Carolina coast on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Coast Guard officials said a rescue helicopter pulled the unnamed 57-year-old man suffering chest pains off the cutter Spencer after its crew rendezvoused with his sailboat and retrieved him Saturday morning about 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras.<\/p>\n

Public Affairs Specialist 2nd Class Corinne Zilnicki told Navy Times on Sunday that watchstanders at the Fifth District Command Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, received the first alerts from the Personal Locator Beacon<\/strong> and Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon<\/strong> registered to the 48-foot sailboat Marie Elena around noon on Friday.<\/p>\n

But communication with the sailboat crew wasn\u2019t established until about 30 minutes later, when a high frequency radio operator with the Maritime Mobile Service Network in Inverness, Florida, established a connection between the watchstanders in Virginia and the Marie Elena\u2019s crew, Zilnicki said.<\/p>\n

The sailboat crew requested a medical evacuation. But because it was so far offshore, Coast Guard command center personnel urged them to turn toward Cape Hatteras.<\/p>\n

The cutter Spencer, which was underway near the Virginia-North Carolina border, was redirected to the Marie Elena.<\/p>\n

Because the Netherlands-flagged heavy load cargo ship Rolldock Sky was about 40 miles from the sailboat, Coast Guard watchstanders urged the vessel\u2019s captain to try to close the gap and aid the ailing mariner, officials said.<\/p>\n

But when the Rolldock Sky reached the sailboat, very rough seas prevented the crew from safely medevacing the man. So the Marie Elena kept sailing toward the barrier islands.<\/p>\n

The Spencer reached the sailboat about 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and launched a small boat crew to retrieve the patient.<\/p>\n

An hour later at Air Station Elizabeth City in North Carolina, an MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules extended-range search and rescue plane took off to rendezvous with the cutter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reads like a Clive Cussler novel. What I’d like to highlight:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that the EPIRB and PLB were registered and utilized properly allowed us to home in on the sailboat\u2019s location,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Unser.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don’t leave home without them. The article may be read in its entirity at The Navy Times<\/a><\/p>\n

Semper Paratus
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