June 6, 2018 — The U.S. Coast Guard and local paramedics rescued a man who was suffering seizure-like symptoms and was unconscious from a fishing boat off the North Carolina coast on Tuesday.
The Coast Guard’s Wilmington command center received the report about a man onboard a 56-foot charter fishing boat “Dancin’ Outlaw” 15 miles south of Beaufort Inlet, according to a Coast Guard news release.
A 47-foot motor life boat crew from the Fort Macon Coast Guard station launched with two paramedics from the Atlantic Beach Fire Department onboard.
The crew arrived, transferred paramedics onboard the Outlaw and escorted the fishing vessel back to the Fort Macon station.