PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard medevacs 46-year-old woman near Boot Key Harbor

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 01/31/2019 10:28 PM EST

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Coast Guard medevacs 46-year-old woman near Boot Key Harbor

Coast Guard medevacs 46 year old woman near Boot Key Harbor.

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KEY WEST, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 46-year-old woman Thursday in the vicinity of Boot Key Harbor.

Coast Guard Station Marathon watchstanders received a call over VHF-FM channel 16 radio from a good Samaritan reporting a female aboard a pleasure craft in the vicinity of Boot Key Harbor was suffering from shoulder and back pain.

A 33-Foot Special Purpose Law Enforcement boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Marathon arrived on scene and transported the woman to Burrdines Marina for further medical assistance.

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