Astoria Coast Guard Crew Rescue Woman After Cardiac Event on Cruise Ship

Astoria Coast Guard crew rescue woman after cardiac event on cruise ship

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A Coast Guard crew from Astoria rescued a woman suffering from a medical emergency on a cruise ship 120 miles off the coast of Washington Tuesday evening. According to the United States Coast Guard, at 6:00 p.m., a helicopter crew was sent to the Carnival Legend cruise ship after they received a medevac request for a 71-year-old woman who was experiencing a cardiac event. The cruise ship was nearly 120 miles west of Gray…

Coast Guard evacuates woman from cruise ship during tsunami threat off Washington

Amid a Tsunami Advisory spawned by a massive earthquake off Russia, U.S. Coast Guard teams responded to a call for help off the coast of Washington state. According to the U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District Command Center, the team received a medevac request from the Carnival Legend cruise ship located about 120 miles west of Grays Harbor, Washington, on Tuesday night when a 71-year-old woman experienced a cardiac event onboard. Around the same…

Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship 120 miles off Washington coast

A Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Oregon, medevaced a woman experiencing a health emergency onboard the cruise ship Carnival Legend nearly 120 miles west of Grays Harbor, Washington, Tuesday night.