A 58-year-old man was rescued Sunday about 6 miles off the coast of Tybee Island, officials said.
The man, whose name was not released, was having chest pains while on board the Thomas Jefferson, a 187-foot National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a news release.
Crew members called for help just after 11 a.m. and a 45-foot response boat launched from Tybee Island, the release said.
The rescue crew arrived at 12:18 p.m. and took the man to Station Tybee Island, where emergency medical service workers were waiting.
#BreakingNews @USCG Station Tybee Island boat crew medevacs 58-year-old man from @NOAA vessel 6 miles east of Tybee Island, Georgia. Read more here: https://t.co/km3RR6njOx
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) October 22, 2017
The man’s condition was not immediately known.
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