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Coast Guard rescues seasick reality TV cameraman
By Andrew Ryan, Globe Correspondent
Reality television can sometimes be too real.
Just ask the 36-year-old cameraman who spent two days on a boat filming for "Lobsterman: Jeopardy at Sea," a reality show on the Discovery Channel. He learned the hard way that he could probably never cut it as a lobsterman.
After two days of severe seasickness, the man had to be medically evacuated by a Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter last night about 161 miles east of Nantucket. Crews hoisted the man off the 77-foot fishing vessel Direction as it was tossed by four to six foot waves.
The man, who the Coast Guard did not identify, was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was listed this morning in stable condition. The cameraman had been aboard the fishing vessel Direction, based in Westport, Mass. He worked for Original Productions out of Burbank, Calif.
"Seasickness certainly varies from case to case," said Petty Officer Etta Smith, a Coast Guard spokeswoman.
