Coast Guard medevacs 65-year-old woman 50 miles east of Charleston

Video: U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Jacksonville

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston hoists a 65-year-old woman suffering from lower leg pain Thursday, April 26, 2018, while aboard the cruise ship Veendam 50 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina. The woman was transported to the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital. (U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Clearwater)

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 65-year-old woman Thursday from a cruise ship 50 miles east of Charleston.

Watchstanders at the Coast Guard's 7th District Command Center received a call from a crewmember aboard the cruise ship, Veendam, stating a passenger was suffering from lower leg pain.

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Facility Charleston arrived on scene at 7:31 p.m., hoisted the passenger and transported her to the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital.

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules aircraft also launched to support communications coverage.

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