LIBERTY PASSION

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Medevac off Nantucket

The US Coast Guard conducted a medevac for an ill crew member on the "Liberty Passion" about 45 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, on March 16, 2017. At about 9 a.m., the Coast Guard Southeastern New England received a call from the doctor of the ship reporting the crew member was suffering abdominal pains and needed to be transported to the hospital. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod launched and arrived on scene at about 10:45 a.m. They airlifted the ill crewmember off the Liberty Passion and flew him to an airport in Hyannis where awaiting Emergency Medical Services transported him to Cape Cod Hospital. Report with video: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/17/coast-guard-airlifts-ill-crew-member-from-vessel-miles-off-coast-nantucket/bt7PzPlft7EyN2flVHyVyL/story.html