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Clearwater Coast Guard crew airlifts man on fishing boat to EMS on land

The man was experiencing pain off of Fort Myers.
Credit: U.S. Coast Guard
An aircrew transported an injured man to land to go to the hospital.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A man was airlifted by a U.S. Coast Guard Clearwater crew after he was experiencing abdominal pain off the coast of Fort Myers on Saturday. 

The man was on a fishing boat about 33 miles off Fort Myers, according to an X post. The crew took the man to emergency medical personnel at the Fort Myers High School football field where he was then transported to Lee Memorial Hospital for care. 

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