#watchstanders established regular communications with cargo ship’s crew to monitor patient’s status

Crew member medevaced from cargo ship 80 miles offshore of Kauaʻi

Crew members of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter successfully completed the hoist of the cargo ship crew member at 5:47 a.m. June 26 and transported the 26-year-old man to Līhuʻe Airport, where emergency medical services transferred him to Wilcox Medical Center for further treatment.