U.S. Coast Guards Astoria crew rescues injured man from cruise ship [Video]

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon aircrew with the U.S. Coast Guard has rescued a 65-year-old man who was injured on a cruise ship on Thursday.

According to USCG’s Pacific-Northwest-based 13th District, the man suffered an injury while on board Holland America Line’s Koningsdam vessel. An on-site doctor suspected his injuries were also internal, and he required additional medical care in a hospital.

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Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier told KOIN 6 the Coast Guard was first alerted about the man on Wednesday evening, when the boat was too far for the Astoria aircrew to conduct a helicopter rescue.

“We kept the crew of the ship on a communications schedule to continuously check in on the patient,” Strohmaier wrote in an email. “The Coast Guard created a rendezvous point with the ship at a distance where the aircrew could reach them (the helicopters’ fuel …