A cruise ship passenger has been found alive nearly 21 hours after he fell into the sea
The man fell on Wednesday evening and was not found by emergency services until the next day in the early evening. The rescuers hailed the “Miracle of Thanksgiving”.
a Unexpected rescue. A cruise ship passenger was found alive nearly 21 hours after he fell into the sea Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, US, reports Watchman. The US Coast Guard speaks of a “miracle ThanksgivingWhile Americans celebrate this national holiday on Thursday.
Search over an area of more than 300 km
Autumn falls on Wednesday, according to CNN. A 28-year-old man, on vacation on the Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship Carnival Valor, leaves the bar he was on board with his sister around 11pm to go on deck.
Fearing that she would not hear from her again, her sister warned the crew members the next day. While the man remains untraceable on the ship, the cruise crew alerts the Coast Guard Thursday around 2:30 p.m.
A Florida ship, a New Orleans-based helicopter and planes from Florida and Alabama mustered an operation that promises to be complex. Indeed, the man has been missing for several hours when the emergency services are called, so the search area extends over 300 kilometres.
After more than 6 hours of work, the boat members announced that they had discovered a “person in the water”.
Something that will remain engraved in me.
A Coast Guard helicopter was quickly dispatched to the scene. He picks up the survivor and transports him to the emergency room at New Orleans Airport.
“He was able to give his name and make sure he was the one who fell into the sea,” Lt. Seth Gross, the search coordinator, told CNN. The exact circumstances of his fall are still unknown.
Rescuers said they had rarely heard of anyone surviving in the water for so long. “It’s not something to take for granted, and it’s definitely something that will remain etched in me,” confirmed Seth Gross who paid tribute to the Prodigy’s “will to live.”
Original article published on BFMTV.com
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