Coast Guard Rescues Man Off Point Pleasant Beach

POINT PLEASANT BEACH – The Coast Guard said it medevaced a man from a fishing vessel 50 miles off Point Pleasant Beach on Thursday afternoon.

Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay watchstanders received a call from the captain of the fishing vessel Enterprise requesting a medevac for a crewmember experiencing severe abdominal pain, the Coast Guard said in a press release.

A Coast Guard Station at Manasquan Inlet provided a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew, which was launched to assist. The crew then arrived and transferred the crewmember aboard, the release said.

After the crewmember's condition worsened, an Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew was launched, then arrived and medevaced the crewmember to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at Atlantic City Care Regional Medical Center, the release said.

"The Coast Guard trains everyday for events like this," said Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Box, watchstander at the Sector Delaware Bay command center. "Because of that training, we were able to coordinate multiple Coast Guard assets to get the crewmember medical attention as quickly as possible."