Two men hospitalized after skiff runs aground in Alaska
September 5, 2010 - 11:00 pm
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Coast Guard said two men were injured when their skiff ran aground about 80 miles north of Sitka.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced Jamal Moss and Rick Strahm to Sitka early Sunday morning. A third man on the 19-foot skiff was not injured in the grounding at Lisianski Inlet.
Coast Guard Lt. Lee Coyle said one of the men, who was unconscious, was flown to a Seattle hospital, where he was reported in stable condition. The other man was treated at a Sitka hospital.