Ailing Tanker Crewman Medavaced off Florida

August 14, 2017

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Clearwater approaches the 550-foot tanker Gaschem Stade, 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The Jayhawk air crew medevaced a 55-year-old man from the tanker after he suffered heart attack like symptoms. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Gage Hunt)
Petty Officer 3rd Class Gage Hunt, a crewmember from Coast Guard Station Cortez, assists with the medevac of a 55-year-old man from the 550-foot tanker, Gaschem Stade, 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Air Station Clearwater medevaced the 55-year-old man to Tampa General Hospital. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Connor Sullivan)
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Air Station Clearwater approaches the 550-foot tanker Gaschem Stade, 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The air crew medevaced a 55-year-old man from the tanker after he suffered heart attack like symptoms. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Connor Sullivan)
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Clearwater approaches the 550-foot tanker Gaschem Stade, 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The Jayhawk air crew medevaced a 55-year-old man from the tanker after he suffered heart attack like symptoms. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Gage Hunt)
Petty Officer 3rd Class Gage Hunt, a crewmember from Coast Guard Station Cortez, assists with the medevac of a 55-year-old man from the 550-foot tanker, Gaschem Stade, 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Air Station Clearwater medevaced the 55-year-old man to Tampa General Hospital. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Connor Sullivan)
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Air Station Clearwater approaches the 550-foot tanker Gaschem Stade, 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The air crew medevaced a 55-year-old man from the tanker after he suffered heart attack like symptoms. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Connor Sullivan)

A tanker crew member reportedly suffering from heart attack like systems was medevaced 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Fla. on Monday, August 14. 

 
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Air Station Clearwater medevaced the 55-year-old man from the 550-foot liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier Gaschem Stade, and brought him to Tampa General Hospital.

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