Coast Guard medevacs hiker from Tillamook Head
WARRENTON, Ore.— A Coast Guard helicopter crew and local emergency responders medevaced a hiker reportedly suffering from exhaustion on the northwest point of Tillamook Head near Seaside Sunday.
The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria hoisted the 71-year-old man and transferred him to emergency medical services personnel waiting with an ambulance at the air station.
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Coast Guard hoists injured surfer in Seaside, Oregon
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an injured surfer near Tillamook Head in Seaside, Ore., Saturday.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria transported the surfer to Seaside Airport and placed him in the care of a Life Flight helicopter crew who transported him to Oregon Health and Science University Hospital in Portland, Ore.
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Coast Guard rescues two from cliff near Tillamook Head – video
USCG file photoASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard rescued a man and woman from a cliff at Tillamook Head, near Astoria, Ore., Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a report at 8:35 a.m., from Seaside, Ore., emergency dispatch of a female who fell while hiking in an area known as Tillamook Head.
An MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew, from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, was launched...
