Coast Guard medevacs ailing shrimper

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Coast Guard boat from Station Cortez evacuated a 19-year-old man having a medical emergency Wednesday from a shrimping boat seven miles west of Egmont Key.According to Coast Guard reports, At 10:07 a.m. watch standers from St. Petersburg received a radio distress call from the captain of the 78-foot shrimping boat Sea Rider., who reported one of his crew members was experiencing chest pains and in need of emergency medical assistance. A flight surgeon was

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