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Medevac in Waukegan
Firefighters medevaced an injured person from the 'Sam Laud', which was docked on Lake Michigan in Waukegan on Oct 1, 2023. The victim had fallen through a hatch. The Waukegan Fire Department responded around 3:45 p.m. to the National Gypsum Company at the East Sea Horse Drive in Waukegan. The man was on a conveyor belt and was in a difficult-to-access area. The Waukegan fire stations one and four responded to the emergency call. The fire department’s ladder truck bucket was raised and positioned to the second deck of the ship. The was fully immobilized and placed into a stokes basket by the firefighters, which was lowered to ground level. Crews then transferred the man onto a stretcher and loaded him into an awaiting ambulance. He was transported to the hospital with injuries that were reported to be non-life-threatening. Report with photo: https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2023/10/08/firefighters-rescue-injured-person-from-cargo-ship-docked-on-lake-michigan-in-waukegan/
Crewmember airlifted off Keweenaw Peninsula
The U.S. Coast Guard evacuated a crew member from athe "Sam Laud" on Lake Superior on Apr 10, 2012, for medical reasons. Officials in Canada relayed a report to the Coast Guard station in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., about an ill crew member aboard the freighter Sam Laud near Isle Royale at about noon. It was determined that a U.S. Coast Guard crew was best suited to respond. After medical personnel determined that the case warranted emergency evacuation, a Traverse City, Mich.-based Coast Guard rescue aircrew responded aboard an MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter. They arrived at vessel, about 12 miles south of Isle Royale and 30 miles from the Keweenaw Peninsula, at about 3:30 p.m. The crew airlifted the sick crew member, and he was transferred to waiting emergency crews and transported to Portage Health hospital in Hancock, Michigan. The "Sam Laud" was bound for Silver Bay to load iron ore pellets. It was scheduled to depart Silver Bay Apr 11 morning.
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