Video Release: Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Newport, Ore.

NEWPORT, Ore. - A Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Facility Newport hoists a man from the fishing vessel Caremi near Newport Friday, Sept. 20, 2011. The man was transported to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport suffering from chest and back pain. Coast Guard video by Air Facility Newport.

NEWPORT, Ore. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 40 miles northwest of Newport, Ore., Friday.

Group/Air Station North Bend received a call from the 44-foot fishing vessel Caremi at approximately 2:20 a.m., stating a crewmember was experiencing severe pain on his left side and back.

An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched from Coast Guard Air Facility Newport and arrived on scene at approximately 4:50 a.m. The helicopter crew lowered a rescue basket to the vessel and hoisted the man to the helicopter. The man was then transported to Air Facility Newport where a waitng ambulance took him to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport.

For more information, please contact the 13^th Coast Guard District Public Affairs Detachment in Astoria, Ore., at (503) 861-6132.

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