A 36-year-old man was rescued from a boat about 80 miles off the Georgia coast Friday by a Hunter Army Airfield-based U.S. Coast helicopter crew after he experienced life-threatening medical complications.
Jeff Landis was medically evacuated about 11:30 a.m. off Doboy Sound by an Air Station Savannah crew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter after watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston were notified Landis was having medical issues, said Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Lauren Jorgensen.
The Coast Guardsmen transported Landis to Hunter where emergency service responders awaited and took him to Memorial University Medical Center.
Jorgensen said Landis was traveling in his 48-foot sport-fishing vessel from Palm Beach, Fla. to his home in Ocean City, Md. She said he was in stable condition when the crew evacuated him but it was unclear what condition he was in Friday night.