The U.S. Air Force's 920th Rescue Wing, based out of Florida, airlifted a 12-year-boy suffering a medical emergency off the Carnival Venezia cruise ship over the weekend.
FILE - This Jan. 29, 2021 file photo shows a Carnival Cruise Line sign at PortMiami in Miami. Carnival Corp. will soon get a new CEO at the helm of the cruise line operator. The company said Tuesday, April 26, …The U.S. Air Force’s 920th Rescue Wing, based out of Florida, airlifted a 12-year-boy suffering a medical emergency off the Carnival Venezia cruise ship over the weekend.
A pair of helicopters and a pair of planes were mobilized, and flew out to the remote location of the Venezia, needing to fuel up in mid-air three times on the way, the 920th Rescue Wing said in a news release Tuesday. Once the aircraft arrived, rescue personnel were lowered down to secure the boy and his mom Angela Bridges, and then they were taken to a hospital in North Carolina. Patient Aiden Bridges received treatment for his perforated bowel on the way there.“I feel so much gratitude, gratefulness toward all the people who have been integral to my son’s recovery,” Ms. Bridges told ABC News. Aiden is currently recuperating in the hospital.
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