Coast Guard rescues ailing man far off the North Carolina coast
by Carl Prine 16 Nov 2018 11:45 EST

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, hoists an ailing man from the cutter Spencer about 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras on Saturday © Coast Guar
A ham radio operator in Florida helped the Coast Guard rescue a man far off the North Carolina coast on Saturday.
Coast Guard officials said a rescue helicopter pulled the unnamed 57-year-old man suffering chest pains off the cutter Spencer after its crew rendezvoused with his sailboat and retrieved him Saturday morning about 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras.
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