PORSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard used boats and aircraft to bring a man to safety off North Carolina after he experienced chest pains.
A Coast Guard news release says the 57-year-old man was experiencing chest pains aboard a boat called the Marie Elena about 200 miles (322 km) southeast of Cape Hatteras.
The Coast Guard asked the vessel to head toward Cape Hatteras because of rough seas.
A Coast Guard cutter met with the Marie Elena and sent a small boat for him Saturday morning. A Coast Guard helicopter from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, then flew out and hoisted the man aboard. It took him to a hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.
The news release issued hours after the rescue didn’t include the man’s condition.
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