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Video: Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Fisherman from F/V Jerilyn in Southeast Alaska

uscg-logoA Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists and injured  21-year-old fisherman from the vessel Jerilyn 92 miles southeast of Sitka,  Alaska, Aug. 5, 2013. The fisherman injured his arm and hand in a winch accident  aboard the vessel prompting his transport to Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka for  treatment. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Sitka. @dvidshub.net

Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an injured fisherman from F/V Jerilyn 92 miles southeast of Sitka,

uscg-logoCoast Guard 17th District Command Center watchstanders received a request for the medevac from the master of the Jerilyn Monday morning stating the fisherman had been injured while using a winch aboard the vessel. The watchstanders consulted the duty flight surgeon who recommended the medevac and then directed the launch of the Jayhawk crew. @uscgnews