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Captain Falls Overboard

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, rescues a man after he reportedly fell from his yacht 10 miles northeast of Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. The man was treated for minor injuries and transported to Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau. U.S. Coast Guard video CGCapt450x336_q95The captain of a 95-foot yacht was rescued by a Coast Guard aircrew after he reportedly fell overboard from his vessel 10 miles northeast of Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday night. While returning to Miami from a deployment, the crew of a Coast Guard Air Station Detroit MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter, forward deployed to Great Inagua, Bahamas, overheard a mayday call from the vessel Contessa. The aircrew relayed the information to watchstanders at Coast Guard 7th District Command Center in Miami, who contacted the Royal Bahamian Defense Force and launched an Air Station Clearwater, Florida, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter based out the Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center in the Bahamas. The Jayhawk crew located the captain, hoisted him to safety, treated him for minor injuries and transported him to Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau.

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