The Coast Guard removed a sick passenger from the Balmy Days ferry near Monhegan Island this morning.

Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor received a cell phone call from the captain of the 65-foot ferry around 10:55 a.m., requesting assistance for a passenger who was experiencing possible heart attack symptoms.

The station launched a 47-foot rescue boat, which met the Boothbay Harbor-based ferry south of John's Bay.

The Coast Guard transported the patient, who was not identified, to St. Andrews Hospital in Boothbay Harbor.