SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A man experiencing a medical emergency aboard a container ship off San Francisco was evacuated by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew on Friday, according to officials.
The Coast Guard was alerted to the medical situation on the container ship Ever Elite just before 11 a.m., which at the time was approximately 225 miles offshore. Over the course of the day, the ship continued to move another 191 miles closer to San Francisco while the Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew and a Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27 Spartan aircrew coordinated a launch.
(Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)
At 10:08 p.m., helicopter crews arrived at the ship 34 miles offshore and hoisted the patient aboard the Dolphin.
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He was then transported to awaiting medical services on land before being sent to Sutter Health Mills-Peninsula Medical Center for further treatment.
