A 34-year-old man was medically evacuated from a boat battling six foot seas and 15-knot winds southwest of San Diego, the Coast Guard said.
Crew on board the 750-foot motor vessel Zen Noh Grain Magnolia reported that the master of their boat was experiencing symptoms similar to a heart attack at approximately 9:15 a.m. on Friday. They said the man needed assistance. At the time, the boat was more than 1,000 miles southwest of San Diego.
The Coast Guard duty flight surgeon recommended the man be taken to a hospital for emergency care.
Because the boat was so far from available assistance and the man's condition was stable, crew members diverted towards San Diego. The vessel was transitioning from New Orleans to Japan.
Once they were within range of CG Sector San Diego's air assets, a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter launched at 5:25 a.m. and hoisted the man at 7:09 a.m. The boat was 145 miles off the San Diego shore when crews arrived.
The Jayhawk helicopter safely returned to San Diego to transfer the man to awaiting EMS.
The man was taken to UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest. There is no word on his condition, but at the time of the transfer, he was in stable condition.
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