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Caught On Camera: Coast Guard Rescues Sick Fisherman Near Cape Cod Coast

CAPE COD, Mass. (CBSNewYork) -- A rescue at sea during high winds and rough waves was caught on camera Wednesday.

The Coast Guard responded to a New Jersey-based commercial fishing boat about 100 miles southeast of Cape Cod.

A crew member on board was experiencing shortness of breath and a fever.

A Jayhawk helicopter crew safely medivacked the 50-year-old fisherman to Cape Cod Hospital for treatment.

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