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Video Release Date: Sept. 30, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis 
Phone: (907) 487-5700

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak medevacs man from fishing vessel Bountiful

KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew medevacs a 32-year-old man from the 165-foot Seattle based fishing vessel Bountiful with reported symptoms of pneumonia to the St. Paul clinic, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. The Bountiful was approximately 150 miles northwest of St. Paul. An HC-130 Hercules aircraft and crew was diverted to relay communications with the helicopter. The man was delivered safely to St. Paul where he was later transported to Anchorage via life flight medical services. Video by Air Station Kodiak, U.S. Coast Guard.  

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KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew medevacs a 32-year-old man from the 165-foot Seattle based fishing vessel Bountiful with reported symptoms of pneumonia to the St. Paul clinic, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. The Bountiful was approximately 150 miles northwest of St. Paul. An HC-130 Hercules aircraft and crew was diverted to relay communications with the helicopter. The man was delivered safely to St. Paul where he was later transported to Anchorage via life flight medical services. Video by Air Station Kodiak, U.S. Coast Guard.

 

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