Updated at 6:32 p.m., Saturday, December 8, 2007
Coast Guard helps ailing fisherman
Advertiser Staff
A 33-year-old fisherman suffering from an unknown illness has been airlifted from Johnston Island to Honolulu this afternoon, the Coast Guard said.A medical evacuation team from Barbers Point Naval Air Station brought the ailing Indonesian man to O'ahu about 2 p.m.
The man, who was working on a Taiwanese fishing vessel, was taken to The Queen's Medical Center for treatment, the Coast Guard said.
