Name: Coast Guard icebreaker Biscayne Bay evacuates a Beaver Island patient during sleet, 2007
Start: 2007-01
End: 2007-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2007-01
Kind: Rescue
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: emergency-managementhealthcarepublic-servicemaritimeweathercommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

When sleet prevented a Coast Guard helicopter from reaching Beaver Island, EMS contacted the USCG command post and arranged for the icebreaker Biscayne Bay to turn around from the Rock Island Pass area. Island crews prepared a dock and cleared a path; the cutter arrived at about 2:30 a.m. and evacuated the patient by sea.

Evidence limits

The Beacon’s narrative does not identify the patient’s medical condition or give a precise incident date, and it is not a Coast Guard operational log.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 2007, "Rescue by Sea."
Describes a medical evacuation after sleet grounded the Coast Guard helicopter: the 140-foot Biscayne Bay turned around, reached Beaver Island at about 2:30 a.m., and took the patient aboard after local EMS, fire, and township crews prepared the route and dock. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 2007, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the rescue account and photographs.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard icebreaker Biscayne Bay evacuates a Beaver Island patient during sleet, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rescue-by-sea-biscayne-bay-2007/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2007, "Rescue by Sea." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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