Sailor missing for 66 days rescued off N.C. coast- Louis Jordan

The Coast Guard received a message from the 1,085-foot, German-flagged ship Houston Express at around 1:30 p.m. The crew reported that they had spotted a man and a sailboat about 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and that they had taken him aboard.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew launched from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., around 3:40 p.m.
The helicopter met the Houston Express, hoisted the man aboard and transported him to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk.