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Two medevacs near the Dominican Republic
US Coast Guard aircrews conducted a medevac from the 'Celebrity Edge' on Feb 5, 2023, and a second medevac from the 'Symphony of the Seas' in the Atlantic Ocean near the Dominican Republic on Feb 6. On FEb 5, the crew of a Coast Guard Air Station MH-60T Jayhawk hoisted a 79-year-old male, U.S. citizen, from the 'Celebrity Edge' with an abdominal medical emergency that required a higher level of care ashore. Coast Guard watch standers in Sector San Juan had been notified in the afternoon, requesting Coast Guard assistance to transport a passenger to a local hospital. Watch standers directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter that rendezvoused with the cruise ship, approximately 140 nautical miles north northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The aircrew deployed the aircraft rescue swimmer aboard the cruise ship to conduct a litter hoist and bring the patient and cruise ship nurse safely aboard the aircraft. On Feb 6, a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew hoisted an 18-year-old male, U.S. citizen, from the 'Symphony of the Seas' with an abdominal medical emergency that required a higher level of care ashore. Coast Guard watch standers in Sector San Juan received communication from the cruise ship in the evening of Feb 5, requesting Coast Guard assistance to transport a passenger to a local hospital. Watch standers directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter that rendezvoused with the cruise ship, approximately 150 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The aircrew deployed their rescue swimmer aboard the cruise ship to conduct a litter hoist and bring the patient, his mother, and cruise ship nurse safely aboard the aircraft. In both cases, the Coast Guard aircrews transported the medevac’d passengers to the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Regional Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where awaiting emergency medical personnel received them and completed their transport to the ‘Centro Medico’ Hospital in San Juan.
22 Cubans rescued in Caribbean Sea
The 'Symphony of the Seas' has rescued 22 shipwrecked Cubans on Dec 15, 2022, who had been adrift in the sea following an engine failure since six days between Key West and Cuba, en route to St. Maarten. After the boat was located, the US Coast Guard gave permission to take the castawas on board. One hour later they were transferred from the cruise ship ont a boat of the Coast Guard. Report with photo: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-saves-22-cubans-floating-raft-as-passengers-cheer-report
Passenger died during shore trip
A passenger of the 'Symphony of the Seas' who was visiting Trunk Bay on St. John was pulled unresponsive from the water on Oct 19, 2022, and pronounced dead at the scene. The family of the man, Alfred Fahlstedt, 72, indicated that he had an ongoing medical condition. The cause of death is pending the medical examiner’s findings, it said. A call to the 911 Emergency Call Center reported Fahlstedt had been pulled from the water at Trunk Bay by members and passengers from the cruise ship, who started to administer CPR. An EMS team from the Myrah Keating Smith Health Center responded but was unable to retrieve a pulse and Fahlstedt was pronounced dead at the scene.
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