ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old man that was struggling to breathe aboard a fishing vessel 57 miles west of Gordon Pass close to Naples on Friday night time.

According to the Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, a Coast Guard helicopter crew lifted the person and two different passengers from their American Patriot vessel and took them to the Gulf Coast Hospital in Fort Myers.

The Coast Guard encourages all mariners to have dependable types of communication within the occasion of emergencies.

Further data is unknown right now.

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