Coast Guard 47-Foot Motor Lifeboat file photo by Chief Petty Officer Mark Coady
WILMINGTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a 63-year-old man who was reportedly showing symptoms of a heart attack on the fishing boat Papa’s Girl, in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, Tuesday evening.
A crewmember aboard the fishing boat contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center at 5:30 p.m., via VHF-FM radio channel 16 and notified them of the man’s condition. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet and an aircrew aboard a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City launched to assist.
The man was transferred to the 47-foot Motor Life Boat due to the fishing gear obstructions aboard Papas Girl.
Once the man was on the boat, the aircrew conducted a safe hoist and transported him to Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville.
