US Coast Guard rescues cruise ship passenger

[Lisa63]

This was in our local news. A woman took seriously ill on Carnival Victory, and the US Coast Guard evacuated her safely and took her to a Boston hospital. The ship was at sea at the time, about 150 nautical miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional...rticleid=145463

As always, an excellent job performed by the brave men and women of the USCG. Thoughts and prayers go to the woman they rescued.

[momwig]

Amen

[schatje]

This has to be frightening. I have seen this happen on two of our cruises. I just hope she bought insurance to cover the evacuation? Let's hope she recovers quickly.

[GottaCruz]

They are definitely heroes. I hope she has a complete recovery. When I see these things on tv, and you see the gurney being raised by rope into the helicopter, I always wonder how the patient deals with a fear of height. That must be very frightening, although I guess maybe they're in so much pain that the fear is on the back burner????

[Longboysfan]

A man suffered a heart attack while we were cruising through the Bahamas.

Coast guard helicoptered him off.

Great work on their part.