Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger near Bahamas

U.S. Coast Guard PADET San Juan
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Date: 01.16.2012
Posted: 01.17.2012 08:17
News ID: 82464

MIAMI — A cruise ship passenger in need of medical attention was medically evacuated by the Coast Guard Monday, Jan. 16, near the Bahamas.

A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., safely hoisted the 75-year-old Canadian citizen and a nurse from the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn and transferred them to medical personnel in Nassau, Bahamas.