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Coast Guard, Beach Firefighters Help Woman on Cruise Ship
The CGC Albacore, an 87-foot patrol boat stationed in Norfolk Va., conducts a patrol on the Potomac River.
The Virginian-Pilot
May 15, 2008
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – A 53-year-old woman having trouble breathing was rescued from a cruise ship 30 miles offshore Thursday and transported to a Beach hospital, officials said.
Three city firefighters and three emergency medical technicians helped with the rescue, said Ron Darling, a captain with the Virginia Beach Fire Department.
The Beach personnel were taken aboard the 87-foot-long cutter Albacore, which rendezvoused with the Grandeur of the Seas, a 916-foot long cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean Inc.
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In four to six-foot seas, the cutter maneuvered alongside the moving 2,446-room cruise ship to pick up the woman, he said. She was taken to Virginia Beach General Hospital.
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