Coast Guard Air Station AC Rescues Man With Acid in His Eyes

Air Station Atlantic City of the U.S. Coast Guard was called to make a rescue this weekend after a crew member of a tanker ship offshore accidentally got acid in his eyes while working on the boat.

Coast Guard's Air Station AC Called for Rescue

The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station AC responded to an emergency call this weekend.

According to a Facebook post from the Air Station, they received a call Saturday night about an accident with a tanker ship 10 miles offshore of the New York Harbor.

A crew member who was doing maintenance on the ship accidentally got acid in his eyes.

The Air Station sent a Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin helicopter to respond to the emergency.

The copter crew safely hoisted the injured worker off the tanker and took him to a nearby hospital to be treated.

History of Air Station AC

U.S. Guard Air Station Atlantic City opened in 1998 with the merging of Air Station Brooklyn, NY, and Group/Air Station Cape May, NJ into one unit.

The facility, based at the FAA's William J. Hughes Technical Center at Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township, is the newest and largest single airframe unit of the Coast Guard's Air Stations.

The Air Station is comprised of 12 MH-65 Dolphin Helicopters. Two of the copters are always ready in 30-minute response status.

Both can be quickly airborne and en route at speeds over 125 knots. The MH-65E Dolphin typically carries a crew of four, consisting of two pilots, a flight mechanic, and a rescue swimmer.

The Air Station supports a wide range of Coast Guard operations, such as search and rescue, law enforcement, port security, and marine environmental protection.

Air Station AC covers the coastlines of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia including interior bays and rivers such as the Chesapeake, Delaware, Hudson, and Long Island Sound.