Document Number: 2626
 

Fifth District
U.S. Coast Guard

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Press Release

Date: Oct. 1, 2008
Contact: 609-677-2204

Coast Guard crew medevacs 1 near Barnegat, N.J. 

BARNEGAT, N.J. - The Coast Guard medevaced a 29-year-old man Wednesday aboard a 145-foot boat 51 miles east of Barnegat Inlet here.

Medevaced was Joe Holtz.

The Coast Guard received a call at 12:05 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the Endeavor reporting Holtz was injured and needed medical attention.

A rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., arrived on scene and transported Holtz to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Atlantic City Campus for treatment.

 

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