The Military Sealift Command (MSC) reports that the Seafarers-crewed hospital ship USNS Comfort on Jan. 8 rescued a fisherman whose boat had capsized and broken apart in rough seas off of Bermuda.The Comfort had sailed from Baltimore just two days earlier for possible use in Operation Enduring Freedom.
According to MSC, the Comfort answered a call for assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard Coordination Center in Bermuda at 7 p.m. on Jan. 7. The next morning, a Coast Guard airplane located the victim and dropped a life raft. (The plane wasn't equipped to lift him.) In the afternoon, the Comfort arrived and brought him aboard.
The 35-year-old man was treated for what was described as minor hypothermia and was reported to be in good condition. Two other men who reportedly had been aboard the fishing boat with him remain missing and are presumed lost.
MSC's press release is available HERE
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