A Carnival cruise ship docked in San Francisco, California.
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A Carnival cruise ship docked in San Francisco, California.
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A cruise ship passenger had been lacking for hours earlier than he was rescued from sea waters by the U.S. Coast Guard off of Louisiana’s southeast coast on Thursday night.
The passenger, who officers recognized as a 28-year previous man, was discovered about 20 miles south of Southwest Pass, La., after he’d fallen overboard from a Carnival Valor cruise ship on Wednesday night, the Coast Guard said in a press release.
However, cruise ship officers didn’t contact the Coast Guard New Orleans Sector to report the lacking passenger till 2:30 p.m. native time on Thursday. Hours later, aircrew members of the Coast Guard rescued the passenger at 8:25 p.m. It was a crew aboard the bulk service vessel Crinis that had alerted Coast Guard members to the man’s location after recognizing an individual in the water.
In footage launched by the Coast Guard, the passenger is lifted from the darkish waters and onto a helicopter operated by an aircrew. He was then transported to the New Orleans Lakefront Airport to obtain emergency medical consideration. The passenger was in secure situation as of Friday.
“We are beyond grateful that this case ended with a positive outcome,” stated Lt. Seth Gross, a Sector New Orleans search and rescue mission coordinator.
Footage from the rescue of the cruise ship passenger final night time. Can even be downloaded right here: https://t.co/xk0pBnVr1E pic.twitter.com/GK1IXCKlgx
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“It took a total team effort from Coast Guard watchstanders, response crews, and our professional maritime partners operating in the Gulf of Mexico to locate the missing individual and get him to safety,” Gross stated. “If not for the alert crew aboard the motor vessel Crinis, this case could have had a much more difficult ending.”