Video Release: Coast Guard rescues injured fisherman, North Bend, Ore.

SEATTLE - A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Station Newport, Ore., supported by a second HH-65C helicopter crew from Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., conducted a medevac 50 nautical miles from Florence, Ore., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The helicopter crew transported a fisherman with head injury to emergency medical specialists waiting on shore. Coast Guard video by Lt. Jason Reeder and Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore.

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard rescued a fisherman who suffered a head injury on a fishing vessel off the Ore. Coast Tuesday.

The man was transported to Bay Area Hospital, North Bend.

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Station Newport, Ore., supported by a second HH-65C helicopter crew from Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., conducted a medevac 50 nautical miles from Florence, Ore. The helicopter crew transported the man to emergency medical specialists waiting on shore.

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