The aircrew reached the man who was on a cruise ship about 175 miles west of Tillamook.
PORTLAND, Oregon — A U.S. Coast Guard aircrew rescued an injured man from a cruise ship off Oregon’s northern coast Thursday afternoon.
The aircrew from Astoria reached the 65-year-old man on a Koningsdam cruise ship, which was about 175 miles west of Tillamook and about 309 miles away from Astoria.
“We had received a notification that the individual did sustain injuries from a fall that had happened two days prior,” said Jason Weeks, a Coast Guard lieutenant commander who was the pilot in command for the rescue.
A video of the rescue shared on social media shows the aircraft hovering over the cruise ship and then hoisting the man up from the deck. The video then shows him being transported to Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland.
The Coast Guard did not provide …
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