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VIDEO: Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship off Florida coast

Ship was 32 miles offshore from Port Canaveral

The U.S. Coast Guard sent their helicopter to rescue a woman suffering a medical emergency on a cruise ship off of the coast of Florida early Wednesday morning.

Coast Guard officials posted the rescue on social media showing the 3 a.m. medevac rescue of the 59-year-old woman who reported heart attack-like symptoms.

The cruise ship was about 32 miles off the coast of Port Canaveral, officials said.

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The woman was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center to “receive higher-level care,” according to the Coast Guard.


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Jacob joined ClickOrlando.com in 2022. He spent 19 years at the Orlando Sentinel, mostly as a photojournalist and video journalist, before joining Spectrum News 13 as a web editor and digital journalist in 2021.