Coast Guard medically evacuates man during Chicago to Mackinac Race

CLEVELAND – The U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuated an injured man during the Chicago to Mackinaw Race at approximately 11 a.m., July 25, 2010.

Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, homeported in Port Huron, Mich., received a report of an injured man aboard a sailing vessel approximately 30 miles west of Muskegon, Mich., around 8:30 a.m.

Hollyhock crews responded by launching their small boat and returning the man to the cutter, where he was soon airlifted to a Grand Rapids, Mich., hospital by an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Mich.

Coast Guard surface and air assets work closely together to keep mariners safe and provide emergency assistance.

For more information or media inquiries, contact the Ninth Coast Guard District Public Affairs office at 216-902-6020.

CLEVELAND – U.S. Coast Guard crews from Cutter Hollyhock and Air Station Traverse City medically evacuate an injured man approximately three miles west of Muskegon, Mich., during the Chicago to Mackinac Race, July 25, 2010. After the man was transported from a sailing vessel to Hollyhock, an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Traverse City airlifted the man to a hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Charles Kelly.

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CLEVELAND – A small boat from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock medically evacuates a man from a sailing vessel during the Chicago to Mackinac Race, July 25, 2010. After the man was transported from the sailing vessel to Hollyhock, an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Traverse City airlifted the man to a hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2^nd Class Brian Luman.

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