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Multimedia Release

Date: July 8, 2011

Contact: Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell

(617) 717-9609

PHOTOS AND VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard aircrew transport ill crewman to hospital

To view and download video click on image below or HERE
Screen shot image from video of hoist
Photo of rescue swimmer being lowered to boat
In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandro Delgado, the flight mechanic aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod, lowers rescue swimmer Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Heximer to the deck of the 84-foot scalloper boat Frontier to transport an ill crewman nearly 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., Friday, July 8, 2011. The 51-year-old crewman started experiencing difficulty breathing during the boat’s transit back to its homeport of New Bedford, Mass. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Photo of ill crewman being hoisted from deck of boat by Coast Guard aircrew
In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandro Delgado, the flight mechanic aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod, hoists an ill crewman from the deck of the 84-foot scalloper boat Frontier nearly 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., Friday, July 8, 2011. The 51-year-old crewman started experiencing difficulty breathing during the boat’s transit back to its homeport of New Bedford, Mass. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

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