17th District Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

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Date: June 24, 2005
Contact: Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin
(907) 487-5700
After 4 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, (907) 463-2000

Press Release

Coast Guard helicopter crew transports injured fisherman

KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted an injured crewman from the fishing vessel Lindy in Cape St. Elias near Kayak Island Wednesday morning.

The Coast Guard received a call at 8:26 a.m. from a crewman aboard the Lindy reporting that a 42-year-old man had crushed his hand in a block and was requesting a medevac.

A Coast Guard helicopter crew was dispatched to the scene from the Coast Guard air support facility in Cordova. The helicopter crew airlifted the injured crewman and he was taken to Cordova Hospital for medical care.

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