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A Coast Guard helicopter from Air Station Atlantic City medevaced a 21-year-old man off a 100-foot fishing vessel approximately 70 miles east of the resort city at 7:30 a.m., Monday, the service announced.

The crew from the fishing vessel Friendship called watchstanders at the Air Station at approximately 6 a.m. and said the crewmember was experiencing severe abdominal pains and in need of assistance.

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew arrived over the vessel and hoisted the man into the copter. The man, who was not immediately identified, was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Pomona.

—TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM