Date: Aug. 1, 2008

Contact: Petty Officer Will Mitchell
(216) 902-6020 office
(216) 310-2608 cell

COAST GUARD RESCUES MAN WITH ARM INJURY 

KENOSHA, Wis. - Coast Guard, helicopter and boat crews rescued an injured man on a sailing vessel Thursday, 26 miles off Kenosha's shore.

At approximately 5 p.m., the Coast Guard received a call from the sailing vessel Blue, that a passenger had suffered an arm injury after becoming trapped between two vessels.

The man was transferred into the care of a crew from a 41-foot Utility Boat, of Coast Guard Station Kenosha. Because of the extent of the injury, the crew transferred him to an HH-65 Dolphin Rescue Helicopter, from Air Facility Muskegon, Mich.

He was later transferred to Emergency Medical Services who took him to United Hospital Kenosha.

For further Information contact Petty Officer Will Mitchell, Ninth District Public Affairs Office, at (216) 310-2608.