Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: Oct. 4, 2008

Contact:  Lt. Ryan Lamb
(504) 393-6032

Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman

***EDITOR'S NOTE: Video is available at Air station New Orleans.  Please contact Lt. Ryan Lamb with any questions.***

NEW ORLEANS- The Coast Guard medevaced an injured crewman off a shrimping vessel about 60-miles southwest of Lafayette Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008.

A watchstander at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received a call at approximately 5 a.m., from Sector New Orleans, reporting that a crewmember working on a shrimping vessel had been injured and that a log reportedly fell out of the shrimp net and landed on the cremember.

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans launched a HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew to the scene, safely hoisted the man and transport him to an awaiting ambulance at Lafayette Regional Airport.

The condition of the man is unknown.

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