Cruise ship traveler needs help 120 miles off Washington. See Coast Guard video
A cruise ship passenger having a medical emergency needed help 120 miles off Washington, rescuers say.
Rescuers got the message at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, west of Grays Harbor, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a news release.
A 71-year-old woman was on a Carnival Legend cruise ship when she started having a “cardiac event,” the Coast Guard said.
The ship was going from Prince Rupert, British Columbia, to San Francisco.
Teams flew to the ship and lowered a litter to retrieve the woman at about 8:40 p.m.
The woman was then airlifted and taken to a Coast Guard base in Astoria, Oregon, rescuers said.
“While carrying out a critical long-range medical evacuation from a cruise ship, Coast Guard Northwest District units also stood ready to respond to the threat of a distant tsunami,” said Air Station Astoria Cmdr. Neal Corbin said in the release.
Tsunami warnings were issued July 29 for parts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit off Russia.
The Carnival Legend is a 963-foot long ship that can carry more than 2,100 passengers and 930 crew members.
