Video: Coast Guard helicopter airlifts patient from freighter on Lake Huron

HARBOR BEACH, Mich. – Dramatic video captured a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter airlifting someone off a large freighter on Lake Huron.

According to authorities, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter was sent from Detroit on Friday, Nov. 14, to assist with someone suffering from a medical emergency on the MV American Courage, which was near Harbor Beach.

The MH-65 helicopter crew transported the patient to medical officials for treatment.

The footage can be watched in the video player above.