Grandeur of The Seas passenger evacuated by Coast Guard from ship to Point Lookout

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Grandeur of The Seas. The Chesapeake Today photo
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Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship near Smith Point, Md.

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard medevaced a 58-year-old woman Friday from a cruise ship near Smith Point.

A crewmember aboard the Grandeur of the Seas contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore at approximately 10 p.m. and requested a medevac for a 58-year-old woman who had sustained injuries during a fall.

Sector Baltimore launched a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes to conduct the medevac.

Coast Guard Station Cape Charles' new 45-foot Response Boat - Medium is shown moored next to the station's 41-foot Utility Boat (UTB), Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The RB-M marks the 100th boat of 166 being delivered to the Coast Guard to replace the aging UTB fleet. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd David Weydert
Coast Guard Station Cape Charles’ new 45-foot Response Boat – Medium is shown moored next to the station’s 41-foot Utility Boat (UTB), Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The RB-M marks the 100th boat of 166 being delivered to the Coast Guard to replace the aging UTB fleet. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd David Weydert

The RB-M crew transported the woman and her husband to Ridge Fire and Rescue at Point Lookout Marina.

She was then airlifted by Maryland Life Flight Service to R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard medevaced a 58-year-old woman Friday from a cruise ship near Smith Point. A crewmember aboard the Grandeur of the Seas contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore at approximately 10 p.m. and requested a medevac for a 58-year-old woman who had sustained injuries during a fall.

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