A man working on a cargo ship off the California coast had a medical emergency and was rescued via helicopter by U.S. service members from the California Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force.
According to the U.S. National Guard, the rescue happened on Oct. 9 about 920 miles off the coast of San Francisco.
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The cargo ship, based out of Liberia, requested help from the U.S. Coast Guard, which contacted other branches of the U.S. military to help perform the rescue since its helicopters would not be able to reach the vessel.
Two helicopters from Cal Guard headed toward the ship with help from two airplanes from the Air Force, which helped refuel the helicopters four times during the operation…