Coast Guard Medivacs Man Bitten By Shark

Coast Guard Medivacs Man Bitten By Shark (Added: August 01, 2009)

A 56-year old Mississippi man is airlifted by the Coast Guard after they say he was bitten by a shark. WATCH RESCUE VIDEO (more)

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Coast Guard Medivacs Man Bitten By Shark

A 56-year old Mississippi man is airlifted by the Coast Guard after they say he was bitten by a shark. WATCH RESCUE VIDEO

By: Christian Stapleton | WKRG-TV
Published: August 02, 2009

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard says it rescued a Mississippi
man who was bitten by a shark while fishing Saturday near Breton
Island off the Louisiana coast.
Petty Officer Tom Atkeson said in a press release that the
56-year-old man from Jackson had been a passenger on a boat called
the Predator about 65 miles southeast of New Orleans in Breton
Sound.
He says a Coast Guard helicopter rescue crewman was lowered to
the boat and brought the man up to the helicopter, which took him
to New Orleans. The helicopter was met by an ambulance, which took
the man to a hospital.
The Coast Guard did not release the man's name, and Atkeson said
he did not know his condition.