WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release:
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SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard medevaced a 53-year-old man from the container ship Ever Elite 34 miles off San Francisco on Saturday.
At 10:56 a.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received notification of a man experiencing medical distress aboard the vessel, which was approximately 225 miles offshore.
Watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew and a Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27 Spartan aircrew to assist after the vessel moved closer to shore. Watchstanders used t...