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A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew medically evacuated a 64-year-old passenger from the cruise ship Norwegian Encore in Chatham Strait, Alaska, on Monday, July 18, 2022.

Coast Guard Sector Juneau command center personnel received the request for assistance from the cruise ship crew at 5:48 a.m. The crew reported the man had been suffering from stroke-like symptoms since 4:35 a.m.

The helicopter arrived on scene at 7:27 a.m. The aircrew safely hoisted the patient and transported him to Emergency Medical Service personnel at Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center in Sitka.

The patient's condition was reportedly stable upon transfer to medical personnel in Sitka.