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Coast Guard Aircrew Hoists Ailing Man Aboard MH-65 Dolphin from Container Ship off South Padre Island, Texas
U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET Houston
Sept. 27, 2014 | 1:49
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew hoists a man aboard using the rescue basket after he reported symptoms of appendicitis Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, while aboard the container ship Monte Azul in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 40 miles off South Padre Island, Texas. He was delivered to Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville and was reported to be in stable condition. U.S. Coast Guard video by Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi
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