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WATCH: Coast Guard Rescues Sick Fisherman Off Cape Cod Coast

Coast Guard officials on Cape Cod traveled 132 miles by helicopter to rescue the 56-year-old fisherman from New Bedford.

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Around 6:30 a.m., Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod received a call that a crew member on the Mary Anne, a commercial fishing vessel out of New Bedford, was sick. The call came from 132 miles off Cape Cod's coast.
Around 6:30 a.m., Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod received a call that a crew member on the Mary Anne, a commercial fishing vessel out of New Bedford, was sick. The call came from 132 miles off Cape Cod's coast. (U.S. Coast Guard)

FALMOUTH, MA — A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a fisherman Tuesday that fell ill while at sea off the coast of Cape Cod.

Around 6:30 a.m., Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod received a call that a crew member on the Mary Anne, a commercial fishing vessel out of New Bedford, was sick. The call came from 132 miles off Cape Cod's coast.

Coast Guard officials said the 56-year-old fisherman was experiencing severe abdominal pain. Officials sent a helicopter crew and had the fisherman safely aboard around 9:30 a.m.

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Coast Guard officials brought the man to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Coast Guard officials shared a video of the rescue, which can be found below:

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