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Coast Guard medevacs mariner from fishing vessel near Port Aransas

Posted at 5:44 PM, Mar 09, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-09 18:44:13-05

The U.S. coast guard evacuated a mariner due to medical reasons Saturday afternoon.

A transmission came into the Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders from a fishing vessel called “Miro.”

A flight surgeon on duty recommended an immediate medevac and the Coast Guard Station Port Aransas Response Boat-Medium boat crew arrived on the scene to transfer the patient.

The man is reported to be in a stable condition.