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A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an injured crewman from the "Cinzia D’Amato" near Adak, on Sep 11, 2013. The Jayhawk crew rendezvoused with the vessel 117 miles from Adak Island, safely hoisted the man aboard and transported him to awaiting emergency medical personnel in Adak who then transferred him to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage for further medical care. An Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane crew accompanied the Jayhawk crew to provide cover, communications and self-rescue capabilities. Coast Guard 17th District Command Center watchstanders received a call at 3:50 a.m., from the master of the freighter requesting the medevac of a 21-year-old Italian crewmember who had suffered severe internal injuries after falling approximately 75 feet from the vessel’s exhaust stack. The Coast Guard duty flight surgeon concurred with the medevac request and the watchstanders advised the master to alter the vessel’s course toward Adak to close the 370 miles distance and come within range of the Coast Guard Jayhawk crew. Weather conditions in the vicinity of Adak were reported as 28 to 46 mph winds with 16-foot seas and rain. The "Cinza D’Amato" was on a voyage from Japan to California.