commander bryce benson. he was life flighted out. he is now we re told at the u.s. naval hospital. he is in stable condition we are told at this point. there was another medevac situation that could be ongoing. we have not been told if the other person has made it to the hospital yet at this point. right now, they are also trying to assess some of the other injuries. again, the commanding officer in stable condition now at that naval hospital. the status of the missing sailors right now? we re told that at least seven sailors are missing. those are all american sailors from the uss fitzgerald. at this time the search for them does continue. they said the ship and also members of the japanese coast guard are continuing to search the philippine sea to try and find these sailors. we will stay on this all night.
the u.s. navy seventh fleet that there were two medical evacuation situations. one was the commanding officer, commander bryce benson. he was life flighted out. he is as the u.s. naval hospital. he is in stable condition we are told at this point. there was another medevac situation that could be ongoing. we have not been told if the other person has made it to the hospital yet at this point. right now, they are also trying to assess some of the other injuries. again, the commanding officer in stable condition now at that naval hospital. the status of the missing sailors right now? we re told that at least seven sailors are missing. those are all american sailors from the uss fitzgerald. at this time the search for them does continue. they said the ship and also members of the japanese coast guard are continuing to search