The Coast Guard medevaced a man Saturday from a tanker off Virginia Beach.
Coast Guard watchstanders at the 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received a call from the 574-foot, Japanese-flagged chemical tanker Buccoo Reef at about 2.30 a.m., stating a crewman was experiencing chest pains approximately 10 miles southeast of Cape Henry.
An MH-60 Jayhawker helicopter crew launched from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, at about 4:35 a.m.
The crew arrived on scene with Buccoo Reef at about 5.05 a.m. and hoisted the man aboard the helicopter.
The crew then transported him to Sentara Norfolk Hospital in Norfolk, arriving at about 5:40 a.m.
He was reported to be in stable condition.
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Source: Coast Guard News
