VIDEO: NYPD Airlifts Ailing Man Off Ship To Hospital

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The NYPD Aviation Unit came to the rescue when a 22-year-old on board a cargo ship needed to be airlifted to a hospital Sunday afternoon.

A medic was lowered onto the ship docked about 20 miles off Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn and then hoisted back up with the ailing man onto an NYPD helicopter.

Great Job by #NYPD Aviation & ESU when they hoisted an aided from a ship 20 miles offshore. Aided was taken to a hospital to be evaluated. pic.twitter.com/EVSnbnwMZe
— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) July 16, 2017

The man was taken to Staten Island University Medical Center for chest and stomach pains and a severe headache.

There is no word on his condition.