A US Coast Guard air crew from Cape Cod evacuated an injured man from a fishing vessel 70 miles east of Gloucester yesterday, after the man experienced swelling from a two-day-old head injury. The Coast Guard responded after the fishing vessel Sammy Jo sent a distress call at approximately 2 p.m. After consulting with the flight surgeon at the Air Station in Cape Cod, the unidentified 55-year-old male crewmember was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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