Crime & Safety
Boater Airlifted After Medical Emergency Near Manasquan
A crew member on a fishing vessel was transported to an area hospital via helicopter during a medical emergency Monday morning.
MANASQUAN, NJ - The U.S. Coast Guard airlifted a male boater who suffered a medical emergency Monday morning at sea approximately 46 miles east of Manasquan.
After members of the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay team received a call from the captain of a fishing vessel that a crewmember was losing and regaining consciousness, as well as having difficulty breathing, emergency services were deployed to rescue the boater.
A Coast Guard Air Station MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew was launched to retrieve the crewmember after it was determined that weather conditions would not allow for a boat to safely transfer him to the mainland.
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The aircrew arrived on scene and transported him to Atlantic Care Hospital in Atlantic City.
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