Coast Guard Medevacs Fisherman South Of Shinnecock Inlet

HAMPTON BAYS, NY — The Coast Guard medevaced a 43-year-old man from a fishing vessel 25-miles south of Shinnecock Inlet on Tuesday.

According to a release, Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound watchstanders received a notification at 1:50 a.m. of a crewmember aboard a fishing vessel who was suffering from shortness of breath and tightening in his chest.

A Coast Guard Station Shinnecock 47-foot motor life boat crew got underway at 2:30 a.m., and arrived on scene less than an hour later, the release said.

Members of the boatcrew brought the 43-year-old man from the fishing vessel aboard the Coast Guard MLB, then transported him to Station Shinnecock where he was then safely transferred to a local ambulance crew, the release said.