The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 31-year-old cruise passenger from a Carnival ship off the Atlantic Coast of Florida.
Officials said in a news release that Carnival Sunshine crew had notified them on Monday night, October 23, that a passenger needed "a higher level of medical care."
A Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral crew launched at 11:07 p.m. They got the traveler onboard and took him to the port, where the rescue crew was waiting. The cruise passenger was taken to hospital for treatment.
No further details were available.