A woman is airlifted off a cruise ship. The U.S. Coast Guard was called to rescue the 66-year-old believed to be having a stroke. The Holland America Koningsdam was 280 miles south of the U.S. and Mexico at the time.

The drama unfolded at about 10 am on November 25, 2024, when the senior doctor on Zaandam notified the US Coast Guard’s Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu that a 32-year-old male guest was showing signs of a stroke and needed more medical attention than the cruise ship could provide.

The U.S. Coast Guard successfully conducted a medical evacuation of a 66-year-old woman from a Holland America Line cruise ship, about 280 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico maritime boundary on Friday morning.

When a woman on a Holland America Line cruise ship was in medical distress on Friday, members of the U.S. Coast Guard sprang into action for a dramatic rescue. The incident took place at about 7:12 a.