Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Coast Guard lifts injured mariner off cargo ship
The Coast Guard medevacked a sailor near Cold Bay, Alaska, on Sunday after he injured his hand in machinery aboard his ship.
The man was lifted off the 623-foot Liberian cargo ship Mykonos Seas, approximately 75 miles southeast of Cold Bay.
The Coast Guard sent its Jayhawk helicopter, forward-deployed in Cold Bay for the winter fishing season, to conduct the rescue.
For more of the KUCB story: kucb.org
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