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NCL Double Sailor Rescue
NCL's Norwegian Dawn arrived at the aid of 2 sailors on Monday. The sailors issued two separate distress calls 12 hours apart on June 30th and thankfully within a day both men were rescued.
The first rescue took place just over 210 miles off the coast of Cape Cod which involved the sailing boat 'Patriot' on its way back from Bermuda where it been in a competition race. One of Patriot's team members, Andrew Paul Giglia, was suffering from shock and needed to be rescued immediately. Norwegian Dawn was contacted by the US Coast Guard as it was a mere 52 miles away. The ship quickly changed course and made radio contact with Patriot.
Norwegian Dawn Captain Trygve Vorren skilfully manoeuvred the cruise ship flanking the 40-foot sailboat and ordered life boat lowered. Despite a high wind and waves up to 15 feet, a three-person rescue team from Norwegian Dawn was able to get the sick sailor onboard without complications and was whisked off for treatment by the ship’s doctor.
Within twelve hours of rescuing the first sailor, Captain Vorren was notified of another, potentially more serious, injury on the sailboat Misty approximately 260 miles south of Montauk, New York. Hillary Bercovici, a male crew member aboard the ‘Misty’ sustained a head injury and was losing consciousness. Once again, Norwegian Dawn was the closest ship, approximately 32 nautical miles away. Despite deteriorating weather conditions, reported as very rough with rain, wind gusting up to 33 knots and 20-foot swells, Norwegian Dawn located the vessel, lowered a rescue boat with the same three crew members manning it and took the injured sailor onto the ship where he received immediate medical attention, including five stitches to the forehead.
Cruise ship rescues are more common than you would first think. It's actually the third time in as many months that NCL has been involved in a sea rescue.
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