The Coast Guard transported a 61-year-old man off a fishing vessel approximately 75 miles east of Cape May Saturday morning.A crewmember from the fishing vessel Debbie Sue called watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, Pa., at approximately 9:45 a.m. reporting a man aboard the Debbie Sue was experiencing chest pains and was in need of assistance.

Crewmembers from Sector Delaware Bay then relayed the call to watchstanders at Air Station Atlantic City.

Once on scene, Dolphin crewmembers hoisted the man into the helicopter and transported him to AtlantiCare Mainland Campus in Pomona.

 

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