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Coast Guard Crew Medically Evacuates Woman From Boat

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – A woman, who needed medical attention while on a boat, had to be medically evacuated by the United States Coast Guard crew.

The woman was on a boat Sunday 98 miles off Florida's Atlantic coastline.

The coast guard received the report of the woman who required medical attention aboard the boat Kraken.

The crew brought the woman onboard a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and transported her to St. Mary's Hospital in Palm Beach County for further treatment.

The woman's name or condition weren't released.

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