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Coast Guard medevacs ailing fisherman 170 miles northwest of St. Paul Island, Alaska

Coast Guard 17th District command center watchstanders received a request from Health Force Partners in Seattle that a 22-year-old man aboard  was ill and needed a medevac. The duty flight surgeon and search and rescue mission coordinator reviewed the man’s medical condition and ordered an immediate medevac. Read the rest here 16:49