Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Seventeenth District
United States Coast Guard
Date: Feb. 4, 2010
Contact: (907) 487-5700
(907) 321-4176
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally
Multi Media Release

Coast Guard conducts medevacs off St. Paul

"Video and photos Available"

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KODIAK, Alaska -- A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew conducted a medevac of a fisherman from the 150-foot fishing vessel Alaskan Leader 265 miles northwest of St. Paul Island Feb. 4, 2010, about 11:50 a.m. The helicopter successfully delivered Chad Smith, 40, to St. Paul where he later received a commercial medevac to Anchorage. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Kodiak.   KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew brings Chad Smith into the helicopter after the aircrew medevacs Smith from the 150-foot fishing vessel Alaskan Leader 265 miles northwest of St. Paul Island Feb. 4, 2010. Smith was taken to St. Paul and later received a commercial medevac to Anchorage. U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Kodiak.

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KODIAK, Alaska - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Gerent, aviation survival technician with Air Station Kodiak, assists Chad Smith after an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced Smith from the 150-foot fishing vessel Alaskan Leader Feb. 4, 2010, 265 miles northwest of St. Paul Island. Smith was taken to St. Paul and received a commercial medevac flight to Anchorage. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Kodiak.

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KODIAK, Alaska - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Gerent, aviation survival technician with Air Station Kodiak and resident of Gainesville, Fla., assists Chad Smith after an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced Smith from the 150-foot fishing vessel Alaskan Leader Feb. 4, 2010, 265 miles northwest of St. Paul Island. 

Smith was taken to St. Paul in stable condition and received a commercial medevac flight to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage. 

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Kodiak.

KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew assists Chad Smith from the aircraft in St. Paul Feb. 4, 2010, after the helicopter crew medevaced Smith from the 150-foot fishing vessel Alaskan Leader. Smith received a commercial medevac to Anchorage. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak.

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KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew assists Chad Smith from the aircraft in St. Paul Feb. 4, 2010, after the helicopter crew medevaced Smith from the 150-foot fishing vessel Alaskan Leader. 

Smith was taken to St. Paul in stable condition and later received a commercial medevac to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage. 

U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak.

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