Coast Guard Rescues Man With Trouble Breathing Off Jersey Coast

ATLANTIC CITY - The Coast Guard rescued a man who was having trouble breathing off a fishing boat and took him by helicopter to the Atlantic City Trauma Center.

The 51-year-old man was rescued by an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew on Sunday from the fishing Settler after a crew member on the boat notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, said Lt. Maggie Champlin, a pilot aboard the MH-65.

“The weather on scene was challenging because of the late spring fog, but we train to a level that allowed us to safely hoist the patient and deliver him to the hospital,” she said.

The fishing boat was roughly 65 miles off the coast of Atlantic City.

Photo: Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard