Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger from Carnival Valor near Venice

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The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old male cruise ship passenger Saturday evening approximately 2 miles south of Venice, La.

 

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call from the cruise ship Carnival Valor at 9:54 p.m. Saturday reporting a passenger had experienced stroke-like symptoms. Watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin aircrew.

 

The aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the passenger and transferred him to Tulane Hospital.

 

The passenger was last reported to be in stable condition.