Coast Guard airlifts cruise ship passenger who had strokes 300 miles off Hawaii coast

A 72-year-old antheral who suffered "multiple strokes 300 miles offshore of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii" aboard a cruise vessel past week is recovering aft being airlifted to a hospital, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced.

Video of the rescue shows a Coast Guard medevac chopper hovering implicit the Holland America Line's Koningsdam ship connected Thursday, earlier it lowered a handbasket for the antheral to spell into anterior to being hoisted and taken to Honolulu's Queen's Medical Center.

Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu received a announcement the time earlier that the cruise rider had aggregate strokes, and a formation surgeon recommended that helium beryllium medevaced wrong 20 hours, the USCG said successful a property release. 

The pursuing morning, an HC-130 Hercules airplane unit and an MH-65 Dolphin chopper unit from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point met up with the cruise vessel astir 60 miles south of Honolulu. 

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Video shared by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the 72-year-old antheral being hoisted up to the medevac from the cruise ship.  (Coast Guard video, courtesy by Air Station Barbers Point)

"By combining the skills of our crews and the specialized capabilities of our aircraft, we are capable to respond to emergencies crossed the immense Pacific region," Lt. Cmdr. John Stockton, HC-130 Hercules craft commandant astatine Air Station Barbers Point, said successful a statement. "Teamwork is critically important for medevacs, which are among the astir time-sensitive and high-stakes missions we instrumentality on." 

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View from Holland America Line's Koningsdam shows the antheral being lifted into the medevac connected Feb. 27, 2025.  (Coast Guard video, courtesy by Air Station Barbers Point)

The antheral was taken to Queen's Medical Center successful Honolulu, the USCG said.  (Coast Guard video, courtesy by Air Station Barbers Point)

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The Coast Guard said the man, whose individuality was not made public, was successful stable condition.

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