Russell Crowe is one of my favorite actors. He was fantastic in the movie "Master & Commander" where he played the brave, swashbuckling British Captain Jack Aubrey set during the Napoleonic Wars over 200 years ago.
He brilliantly commanded the H.M.S. Surprise, a British frigate, in all types of hellish weather in an effort to
Just another day (or night) for the Coast Guard.
When a crew member from the Celebrity Summit cruise ship began experiencing severe abdominal cramping, a Coast Guard station in Elizabeth City, North Carolina launched a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter as well as a HC-130 Hercules aircraft to assist in the medevac. The helicopter had to lower one
The U.S. Coast Guard has been busy rescuing ill people from cruise ships in the past few days. Last week Coast Guard helicopters flew over 1,000 miles round trip to save lives.
Last week started off with the Coast Guard medevacing a 40 year old male crew member from a Celebrity cruise ship approximately
The U.S. Coast Guard website reports that it medically evacuated a 41-year-old woman from the Carnival Glory cruise ship today. The passenger reportedly exhibited stroke-like symptoms.
The cruise ship was approximately 55 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts at the time of the emergency.
Coast Guard Sector Boston received the word from the Carnival cruise ship at
A newspaper in Savannah reports that yesterday the U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 63 year old woman from a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 60 miles east of Savannah to a local hospital in Savannah.
Coast Guard Sector Charleston received notification at about around 10:08 p.m. Saturday night from crew members aboard
The Coast Guard reports that it medically evacuated a 56 year passenger from the Carnival Fantasy cruise ship sixty miles southeast of Jacksonville on Today.
Crew members on board the cruise ship notified the Coast Guard just after 8 AM that a male passenger was experiencing respiratory failure and needed medical attention.
Coast Guard Air
The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a woman from a cruise ship 145 miles south east of Galveston, on Apr. 1, 2012.
The Coast Guard station in Houston-Galveston received a report at approximately 8:08 p.m., that a 44-year old female crew member aboard the cruise ship, Carnival Magic, was having complications with her pregnancy. A
The United States Coast Guard has been busy rescuing ill passengers from cruise ships over the past week.
Today a newspaper in North Carolina reports that a Coast Guard helicopter medevaced a 49 year old woman from the Carnival Pride cruise ship. The ship was near Virginia at the time of the emergency medical evacuation.
Yesterday a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter medevaced a 47 year old woman female off a cruise ship. The cruise ship was approximately 115 miles northeast of Cape Henry.
A 73 tear old passenger from the Carnival Triumph received a ride of a lifetime when an U.S. Coast Guard helicopter plucked him from the deck of the cruise ship and flew him to Galveston for emergency medical treatment.
The Carnival cruise ship was around 120 miles off the coast of Galveston when the Coast Guard performed
The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced an ill passenger from the Queen May 2 cruise ship off of the coast of North Carolina.
The video below shows the the skilled crew of a Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter lifting a 64 year old woman from the deck of the QM2 cruise ship. The passenger was suffering from severe abdominal
One of the stories I never tire of reporting is when a Coast Guard helicopter plucks a sick cruise passenger from the deck of a cruise ship and takes the passenger ashore for emergency medical treatment.
The skill of the U.S. Coast Guard in rescuing people from cruise ships is rather remarkable. The Coast Guard can fly 200 miles out to sea
WSVN – TV reports that the U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a cruise passenger after she experienced symptoms of appendicitis.
The incident occurred on December 12, 2011 on the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas cruise ship about 130 miles southwest of Key West. A Coast Guard helicopter hoisted the 21 year old cruise passenger and
A number of news sources are reporting that yesterday the U.S. Coast Guard medevaced an ill cruise passengerman from a cruise ship to a North Carolina hospital for treatment.
The ship doctor on the Norwegian Cruise ine’s Gem cruise ship notified the Coast Guard that a 38-year-old man was going into shock. The cruise ship was reportedly about 75 miles east of
The LA Times reports that yesterday the U.S. Coast Guard saved the life of a 77 year old cruise passenger from the Carnival Spirit while the cruise ship was 230 miles southwest of San Diego.
The cruise passenger reportedly showed signs of a stroke and was medically evacuated from the Carnival cruise ship by a U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter dispatched
At this moment the U.S. Coast Guard is in the process of medevacing three elderly passengers from a cruise ship 100 miles east of from Hilo, Hawaii.
The Republic reports that an 86 year old man appears to having a heart attack, an 82 year old man has symptoms of internal bleeding, and a 76 year old woman is suffering from
According to WAVY.com, on October 29, 2011, the Norwegian Gem cruise ship responded to a distress signal initiated by a disabled sailboat which had lost power and was taking on water. The sailboat was 256 miles northeast of Bermuda, and it would have taken days for a Coast Guard cutter to respond from the U.S.
The Coast Guard
BBC News is reporting today on the dramatic rescue of a critically ill passenger from Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas.
The U.K. Coast Guard was notified by the captain of the Independence of the Seas on Saturday night that a passenger was very ill and needed to be evacuated from the cruise ship. A helicopter
