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Medevac off San Francisco

The US Coast Guard medically evacuated a crewmember from the "Point Vicente" servicing the anchored "ANL Bindaree" in the San Francisco commercial anchorages in the afternoon of Feb 1, 2015. At 12:06 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco Command Center watchstanders were notified of a crewmember suffering stroke-like symptoms aboard the tug which was operating approximately 1.5 miles east of Hunter's Point. At the time of the call, the "Point Vicente" was conducting a fuel transfer with the Liberian-flagged container m/v "ANL Bindaree", whose personnel provided initial medical attention to the crewmember. While conducting training in the area, a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 rescue helicopter crew overheard requests for assistance and responded. The crew airlifted the person off of the container vessel and transferred them to Air Station San Francisco, where medical personnel met and transferred the person to a local hospital.