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Coast Guard medevacs man experiencing symptoms of appendicitis

Alaska Public Media | By Zoë Sobel
Published December 26, 2017 at 8:29 PM AKST
The MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter is the workhorse of the Coast Guard’s search and rescue missions. (Photo: KNOM)
The MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter is the workhorse of the Coast Guard’s search and rescue missions. (Photo: KNOM)

The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a man Saturday off a bulk carrier 122 miles southwest of Adak.

According to a USCG news release, crewmembers of a Jayhawk helicopter were able to lift the man from the 652-foot carrier and transfer him to a LifeMed aircrew in Adak.

The 27-year-old was suffering from symptoms of appendicitis. At the time, the vessel Snowy was in 29 mile per hour winds and 13 foot seas.
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Zoë Sobel
Zoe Sobel is a reporter with Alaska's Energy Desk based in Unalaska. As a high schooler in Portland, Maine, Zoë Sobel got her first taste of public radio at NPR’s easternmost station. From there, she moved to Boston where she studied at Wellesley College and worked at WBUR, covering sports for Only A Game and the trial of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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