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Medevac after fall on board

The US Coast Guard medevaced a crew member of the "New Activity", enroute from Corpus Christi to Finnart, approximately 260 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina in the evening of Sep 19, 2019. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s 5th District command center were notified by watchstanders from the Coast Guard’s 7th District command center that a 39-year-old man aboard the tanker hadsuffered injuries after experiencing a fall and was in need of a medevac. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and an HC-130J Hercules aircrew launched from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City. The Hercules aircrew arrived first, providing visual oversight and communications support while crewmembers aboard the Jayhawk arrived on-scene and hoisted the man aboard the helicopter. The mariner was medevaced to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point where he was transferred to an emergency medical services helicopter aircrew, who brought him to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.