A Carnival cruise ship rescued a couple on a sailboat early Monday morning, the company said.
The couple was stranded 9 miles away from the cruise ship when the Coast Guard contacted Carnival.
The man was admitted to the ship’s medical center, a spokesperson told Insider.
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A Carnival cruise ship rescued a couple from a sailboat stranded near the Bahamas early Monday morning, a spokesperson for the cruise line told Insider.
The Carnival Mardi Gras was en route from Florida to Aruba for an eight-day Caribbean sailing when it received a call from the US Coast Guard requesting the cruise ship to assist the vessel in distress, the spokesperson said.
The couple was less than nine miles away from the 5,000-plus passenger ship when the Coast Guard called the cruise ship’s officers and enlisted their help, according to the company.
As the massive vessel approached the sailboat, crew members lowered down a lifeboat and completed the rescue just after 1 a.m. on Monday, Carnival said.
“Once on board, the man was admitted to the onboard medical center and the team is caring for him,” the spokesperson told Insider, adding that the cruise is continuing on its planned itinerary to arrive in Aruba on Tuesday.
A YouTube user named Michele Begg posted two videos described as documenting the Carnival Mardi Gras rescue. Carnival was unable to immediately verify the content of the videos.
US federal law requires vessels to “render assistance to any individual found at sea in danger of being lost,” as long as it can do so without endangering the ship or its passengers.
So far this year, Carnival cruise ships have assisted in eight rescues involving vessels in distress at sea, the company told Insider.
In January, Celebrity Cruise captain Kate McCue posted a video on social media explaining how crew maneuver giant cruise ships to pull up alongside smaller vessels in rough conditions.
“We were traveling at 15 knots, so I turned the ship around for a reciprocal course while we gathered all of our resources,” McCue said in the video documenting the cruise’s rescue of 19 migrants stranded in a small boat off the coast of Florida.
She added: “Because of the rough sea conditions, I needed to maneuver the ship in order to provide a lead so that we could bring the boat safely alongside the ship.”
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Carnival Cruise Rescues Couple From Sailboat Stranded Near the Bahamas
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