U.S. Coast Guard rescuers are “beyond grateful” for a happy ending to what could have been a tragic Thanksgiving.
U.S. Coast Guard rescuers are "beyond grateful" for a happy ending to what could have been a tragic Thanksgiving.
According to the Coast Guard, the New Orleans office received a call from the Carnival Valor cruiseship at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday about a passenger who’d been missing since Wednesday night.at a bar with his sister and left to go to the restroom around 11 p.m. His sister notified the ship the next day when he didn’t return to his cabin.
On Thursday night, a bulk carrier ship saw a person in the water and notified the Coast Guard. An air crew was able to rescue the man at about 8:30 p.m. about 20 miles south ofCarnival Freedom Fire: Part of cruise ship catches fire while docked at Grand Turk "We are beyond grateful that this case ended with a positive outcome," said Lt. Seth Gross, a Sector New Orleans search and rescue mission coordinator. "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. If not for the alert crew aboard the motor vessel Crinis, this case could have had a much more difficult ending.
The man was taken to New Orleans Lakefront Airport and was in stable condition as of Thursday. FOX TV Stations has reached out to Carnival for more information.
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