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In an earlier blog post I related the story of a crew member being injured when our ship, Jewel of the Seas, hit a power line approaching the Faroe Islands. The crew member was evacuated to a hospital on the islands, and after a couple of days he was flown home to recuperate.
One our next to last day of the cruise, we left yet another crew member in a foreign port. On the morning of the 15th, Captain Steig announced there was a medical emergency with a crew member and that he had requested a helicopter evacuation from the Canadian Coast Guard. We could expect a helicopter landing in about 30 minutes. Then, about 20 minutes later we were told the helicopter evacuation request had been refused. We weren't told why...I hope it was because they didn't have any available.
Now we would be diverting to the port of Halifax, meet a rescue boat just outside of the harbor, and transfer the crew member for transport to a hospital. We later learned the crew member had suffered a burst appendix. The captain said we would be able to view the transfer on deck 5 port side, and that the ship would need to list two degrees to port to accommodate the size difference in the two vessels. We watched a very efficient transfer, and passengers cheered as the rescue boat sped off toward shore.
After spending time and 500 extra miles to avoid two hurricane systems, hooking a power line and sustaining damage to the ship, and off-loading two crew members in foreign ports, I'm sure Captain Steig was quite happy to dock in Boston on the morning of September 16th.
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