A US Coast Guard helicopter crew successfully evacuated a man in distress from an offshore supply vessel in the Gulf of Mexico.
The OSV Brutus called USCG for help when the 67-year-old man, a diabetic, was exhibiting significant confusion, possible indication of having suffered a stroke.
In response, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter was dispatched from Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi to the vessel which was about 40 miles southeast of Port O’Connor on the Gulf coast between Galveston and Corpus Christi.
The medevac’d man was taken to taken to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi Shoreline where he was listed in critical condition.
