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Cruise ship traveler needs help 120 miles off Washington. See Coast Guard video
Rescuers got the message at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, west of Grays Harbor, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a news release.
A 71-year-old woman was on a Carnival Legend cruise ship when she started having a 'cardiac event,' the Coast Guard said.
The ship was going from Prince Rupert, British Columbia, to San Francisco.
Teams flew to the ship and lowered a litter to retrieve the woman at about 8:40 p.m.
The woman was then airlifted and taken to a Coast Guard base in Astoria, Oregon, rescuers said.
'While carrying out a critical long-range medical evacuation from a cruise ship, Coast Guard Northwest District units also stood ready to respond to the threat of a distant tsunami,' said Air Station Astoria Cmdr. Neal Corbin said in the release.
Tsunami warnings were issued July 29 for parts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit off Russia.
The Carnival Legend is a 963-foot long ship that can carry more than 2,100 passengers and 930 crew members.
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