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News Release

Date: September 8, 2010

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Coast Guard rescues woman from jetty

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Chief Petty Officer Erik Watson, executive petty officer of Coast Guard Station Bodega Bay 

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BODEGA BAY, Calif. - The Coast Guard crews from Station Bodega Bay, in a joint effort with rescuers from the Calif. State Parks service, Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, and the Bodega Bay Fire Department, medically evacuated an injured woman from a rock, jetty wall at the entrance of Bodega Bay, yesterday.

The Coast Guard received the report of the injured woman from the parks service around 11 a.m. A 25-foot response boat was launched, and land-based rescuers walked the quarter-mile long jetty to reach the woman.

Once on scene, rescuers found the injured woman required a backboard and helicopter evacuation. Within minutes, Sonoma County Sheriff's helicopter Henry 1 arrived and lowered two more medical personnel to the scene. The patient was loaded onto a stokes litter and lifted to awaiting paramedics on shore. The patient was then transported to the hospital for evaluation. 

BODEGA BAY, Calif. - The Coast Guard crews, in a joint effort with rescuers from the Calif. State Parks Service, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, and Bodega Bay Fire Department, prepare to medically evacuate an injured woman from a rock jetty wall at the entrance of Bodega Bay, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The patient was placed on a backboard and medically evacuated to paramedics waiting on shore. U.S. Coast Guard photo

BODEGA BAY, Calif. - The Coast Guard crews, in a joint effort with rescuers from the Calif. State Parks Service, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, and Bodega Bay Fire Department, prepare to medically evacuate an injured woman from a rock jetty wall at the entrance of Bodega Bay, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The patient was placed on a backboard and medically evacuated to paramedics waiting on shore. U.S. Coast Guard photo
BODEGA BAY, Calif. - The Coast Guard crews, in a joint effort with rescuers from the Calif. State Parks Service, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, and Bodega Bay Fire Department, prepare to medically evacuate an injured woman from a rock jetty wall at the entrance of Bodega Bay, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The patient was placed on a backboard and medically evacuated to paramedics waiting on shore. U.S. Coast Guard photo

BODEGA BAY, Calif. - The Coast Guard crews, in a joint effort with rescuers from the Calif. State Parks Service, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, and Bodega Bay Fire Department, prepare to medically evacuate an injured woman from a rock jetty wall at the entrance of Bodega Bay, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The patient was placed on a backboard and medically evacuated to paramedics waiting on shore. U.S. Coast Guard photo
BODEGA BAY, Calif. - A Coast Guard crew from Station Bodega Bay, in a joint effort with rescuers from the Calif. State Parks Service, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, and Bodega Bay Fire Department, medically evacuate an injured woman from a rock jetty wall at the entrance of Bodega Bay, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The patient was placed on a backboard and medically evacuated to paramedics waiting on shore. U.S. Coast Guard video.

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BODEGA BAY, Calif. - A Coast Guard crew from Station Bodega Bay, in a joint effort with rescuers from the Calif. State Parks Service, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, and Bodega Bay Fire Department, medically evacuate an injured woman from a rock jetty wall at the entrance of Bodega Bay, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The patient was placed on a backboard and medically evacuated to paramedics waiting on shore. U.S. Coast Guard video.

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