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Coast Guard helicopter hoists surfer

The Columbian
Published: September 27, 2010, 12:00am

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — A surfer in distress was rescued Sunday by the Coast Guard off Indian Beach in Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach.

The surfer’s husband contacted authorities at 2:47 p.m. after witnessing his wife struggling in the current and pushed up against rocks on Tillamook Head.

Cannon Beach Fire Rescue crews were unable to reach the surfer.

The Coast Guard says a helicopter from Air Station Astoria lowered a rescue swimmer into the surf and hoisted the surfer.

The surfer was transferred to emergency medical services at Air Station Astoria.

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