PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a passenger off the cruise ship Carnival Pride in Chesapeake Bay, Monday.

At approximately 10:20 p.m. Sunday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a call from the captain of the Carnival Pride stating that he had a 68-year-old male in need of a medevac.

A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Little Creek, Va., was dispatched and arrived on scene at approximately 1:20 a.m.

The man was successfully transferred from the cruise ship to the boat crew and transported to awaiting EMS.

EMS transported the man to Sentara Bayside Hospital in Virginia Beach, Va.



PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a passenger off the cruise ship Carnival Pride in Chesapeake Bay, Monday.

At approximately 10:20 p.m. Sunday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a call from the captain of the Carnival Pride stating that he had a 68-year-old male in need of a medevac.

A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Little Creek, Va., was dispatched and arrived on scene at approximately 1:20 a.m.

The man was successfully transferred from the cruise ship to the boat crew and transported to awaiting EMS.

EMS transported the man to Sentara Bayside Hospital in Virginia Beach, Va.



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