Coast Guard medevacs tugboat crew member 65 miles off Galveston, Texas
HOUSTO
N The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 60-year-old mariner from a tugboat approximately 65 miles off Galveston, Texas, Monday.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a call at about 4 p.m. from the 116-foot tugboat Leigh Ann Moran stating a crew member was ailing and disoriented. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medical evacuation.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston and HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew from Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, launched to assist.
The Dolphin crew arrived on scene, hoisted the man and brought him to Scholes International Airport. Emergency medical services then transported the patient to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in stable condition.
Tugboat Crew Member Medevaced Off Galveston
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Coast Guard, good Samaritan assist 8 people aboard vessel taking on water
Seaman Meredith Manning/U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADE
A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alligator similar to the one that interdicted three Mexican lancha boats on Sunday. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Meredith A. Manning)
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and last updated 2021-07-17 20:38:53-04
PORT ARANSAS, Texas â The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan assisted eight people aboard a vessel taking on water 22 miles southeast of Port Aransas, Texas, Friday.
At approximately 11:40 a.m., Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a mayday call over VHF-FM channel 16 from boaters aboard a 35-foot pleasure craft stating they were taking on water and having trouble keeping up with the flooding.
Coast Guard, good Samaritan assist 8 people aboard vessel taking on water
Seaman Meredith Manning/U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADE
A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alligator similar to the one that interdicted three Mexican lancha boats on Sunday. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Meredith A. Manning)
By: Site Administrator
and last updated 2021-07-16 21:20:52-04
PORT ARANSAS, Texas â The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan assisted eight people aboard a vessel taking on water 22 miles southeast of Port Aransas, Texas, Friday.
At approximately 11:40 a.m., Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a mayday call over VHF-FM channel 16 from boaters aboard a 35-foot pleasure craft stating they were taking on water and having trouble keeping up with the flooding.