Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
MIAMI — The Coast Guard rescued a 25-year-old man from the water Wednesday 5 miles east of Port Everglades.
Rescued was Lorejei Moscoso, 25, a Philippines national.
After the 456-foot Liberian-flagged container ship Vega Sagittarius, moored in Port Everglades at approximately 6:40 a.m., they notified Coast Guard Sector Miami watchstanders of a missing crewmember last seen at approximately 5:30 a.m.
The watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, directed the launch of a Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew and a Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to search.
The helicopter crew located the missing crewmember and directed the boatcrew to his location. The boatcrew transferred the man to awaiting emergency medical services.
