Holy MedEvac! Shark Attack In Louisiana!
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
A 56-year-old man was bitten by a shark this morning while fishing in Breton Sound and had to be airlifted 65 miles to New Orleans.
Coast Guard rescuers stationed in Venice received a radio transmission from the motor vessel Predator at about 10 a.m. that a passenger aboard the vessel had been bitten by a shark.
Dispatchers notified Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, which launched an MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew. The Coast Guard caught footage of a rescue swimmer being lowered down to the boat and later bringing the man up in a basket.
The helicopter arrived in New Orleans at about 11:40 a.m., and EMS transported the man to a local hospital.
His condition is unknown.
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