The man fell on Wednesday evening and was not found by emergency services until the following evening. Rescuers hailed this as a “thanksgiving miracle.”
A Unexpected recovery. A vacationer was rescued alive about 21 hours after falling overboard in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, US, on Thursday, according to reports. Guardian. The US Coast Guard is talking about a “miracle”. Thanksgiving“Americans celebrated this national holiday on Thursday.
Survey of more than 300 km
Accordingly, the fall takes place on Wednesday CNN. A 28-year-old man on vacation aboard the Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship Carnival Valor left his bar to go out on deck with his sister around 11 p.m.
Worried that she won’t hear from her again, her sister alerts the crew the next day. Unable to locate the man on the liner, the flight crew alerted the Coast Guard around 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
A ship from Florida, a helicopter based in New Orleans, as well as planes from Florida and Alabama have been mobilized to carry out what promises to be a complex operation. In fact, the man had been missing for several hours and when the emergency services were contacted, the search area had stretched over 300 km.
After working for over 6 hours, the boat crews announce that they have found “a person in the water”.
“Something Engraved in Me”
A Coast Guard helicopter was rushed to the spot. He picks up the survivor and takes him to the New Orleans airport emergency room.
“He was able to give his name and confirm that he was the one who fell overboard,” Lt. Seth Cross, the search coordinator, told CNN. The exact circumstances of his downfall are still unknown.
Rescuers said they rarely hear of people surviving in the water for so long. “It’s not something to take for granted, it’s definitely something that will be etched in me,” said Seth Cross, praising the prodigy’s “will to live.”
Original article published on BFMTV.com
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