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Video: Coast Guard helicopter airlifts injured man from Isle Royale

Helicopter dispatched from Traverse City for urgent rescue

ISLE ROYALE, Mich. – Dramatic video captured a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter airlifting someone from Isle Royale on Lake Superior.

According to authorities, an MH-60 Seahawk was sent from Traverse City on Tuesday, Sept. 9, to help a 63-year-old man with a lower-body injury.

The MH-60 helicopter crew transported the man to Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport, where emergency medical personnel were waiting.

The footage can be watched in the video player above.


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