Multimedia Release: Coast Guard Kodiak-based aircrews fly over 1,800 miles to conduct

[The Patriot]

ADAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue crew hoists a crewman from the 580-foot South Korean-flagged bulk carrier, BK Champ, about 30 miles southwest of Adak Sept. 21, 2010.

The crewman was successfully hoisted and transferred to LifeMed Alaska Air crew in Adak and was transported to Anchorage for further treatment.

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

ADAK, Alaska - The 580-foot bulk carrier BK Champ crew wait for the hoist of one of their crewmembers after he injured his hand in the engine room Sept. 21, 2010.

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrews flew over 1,800 miles to Adak from Kodiak to conduct the hoist and transfer the patient to LifeMed Air Alaska personnel for further transport to Anchorage.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Morris.

ADAK, Alaska - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Claude Morrissey, an aviation survival technician with Air Station Kodiak, and a LifeMed Air Alaska representative walk a BK Champ crewman from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to a LifeMed Air Alaska medical transport aircraft in Adak Sept. 21, 2010.

The crewman injured his hand while in the engine room of the BK Champ and LifeMed Alaska Air personnel transported him to Anchorage for further treatment.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Morris.

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