A military crew aboard a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescued a 73-year-old man who suffered a medical episode on a Carnival Cruise Line ship Monday night, authorities said.
Authorities received a report shortly after 10 p.m. of a man in need of medical attention aboard the Venezia cruise ship, according to a spokesperson for the Coast Guard.
The distress call was made about 30 miles off the coast of Atlantic City.
A Coast Guard helicopter landed near the Venezia around 11:35 p.m. and transported the passenger to an Atlantic City hospital.
The man’s condition was not immediately available on Tuesday morning.
“Carnival Venezia’s team assisted in the medical evacuation of a guest in need of care on land overnight, following the ship’s Monday afternoon departure from New York,” Carnival officials said in a statement.
“The transfer, via helicopter, was completed successfully near Atlantic City, N.J., and the ship resumed sailing with no impact to its nine-day Caribbean cruise itinerary,” the statement said.
According to the Venezia’s itinerary, the ship left New York City at 4 p.m. on Monday for the cruise to the Eastern Caribbean.
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