Document Number: 2627
 

Fifth District
U.S. Coast Guard

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Press Release

Date: Oct. 2, 2008
Contact: 609-677-2204

Coast Guard crew medevacs 1 near Cape May, N.J. 

CAPE MAY, N.J. - The Coast Guard medevaced a 39-year-old man Wednesday from a 92-foot boat 69 miles east of here.

The Coast Guard received a call at 9:09 p.m. from a crewman aboard the Good News II reporting a member was injured and needed medical assistance.

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

The man was reported to be in stable condition.

 

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