An ailing mariner was medevaced from a U.S.-flagged tug roughly 18 miles southwest of Atchafalaya Bay, off Louisiana, on Wednesday.
The U.S. Coast Guard mentioned its watchstanders at Sector New Orleans acquired a name by way of VHF-FM radio channel 16 from the 78-foot tug boat Woman Loren stating a 35-year-old crewmember was reportedly struggling chest pains and shallow respiration.
Watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to help, and the helicopter crew arrived on scene, safely hoisted the person and took him to Terrebonne Medical Heart for additional medical care.
