USCG Airlifts Injured Seaman off Charleston

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Facility Charleston hoisted an injured man off a container ship 78 miles east of Charleston on Thursday, August 14.

A Coast Guard flight surgeon recommended the medevac after watchstanders in the Sector Charleston command center were notified the crewman’s eye was injured while he was performing his duties aboard the ship Northern Dexterity.

A Charleston helicopter crew flew to the ship, hoisted the man and transported him to the Medical University of South Carolina for further treatment.

The Coast Guard said he was in stable condition at the time of the transfer.