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VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard hoists man from cruise ship 250 miles off Key West

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A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, hoists a 51-year old man 250 miles southwest of Key West, Florida, Thursday, August 7, 2014. The man was rescued after he experience heart attack symptoms aboard the cruise ship Carnival Ecstasy. U.S. Coast Guard video

MIAMI — The Coast Guard hoisted a man to safety off a cruise ship 250 miles southwest of Key West, Florida, Thursday.

Coast Guard Seventh District command center watchstanders were notified of a 51-year old man experiencing severe chest pain while aboard the cruise ship Carnival Ecstasy. After consulting a Coast Guard flight surgeon, a medevac was recommended. 

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater launched an MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew who arrived on scene, hoisted the man, and safely transported him to Lower Keys Medical Center, Key West, in stable condition.


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