Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger near Bahamas

Click image for video of the rescue

MIAMI — A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoists a cruise ship passenger in need of medical attention near the Bahamas Jan. 16, 2012. The patient was transferred to Nassau, Bahamas, along with a nurse from the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn. U.S. Coast Guard video.

MIAMI — A cruise ship passenger in need of medical attention was medically evacuated by the Coast Guard Monday near the Bahamas.

A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., safely hoisted the 75-year-old Canadian citizen and a nurse from the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn and transferred them to medical personnel in Nassau, Bahamas.

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