Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat -Medium file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Lester)
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 28-year-old woman and transported five people from a disabled vessel near Sand Island, Mississippi, Saturday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Alabama, received a notification at approximately 6 p.m. of the disabled vessel with a woman aboard going in and out of consciousness.
Coast Guard watchstanders directed the launch of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Pascagoula, Mississippi, with local emergency medical services aboard to assist the people.
The boat crew arrived on scene at approximately 6:30 p.m. and transported the six people to Station Pascagoula.
An ambulance took the woman to medical care.
The owner of the vessel remained aboard the vessel and was towed by a friend to Bayou Casotte, Mississippi.
