Miami Fire Rescue Gets Unusual Call From Cruise Ship

MIAMI BEACH — Miami Fire Rescue got an unusual call late Thursday when a woman suffered an unspecified medical condition.

What made the call unusual was that the woman was a passenger aboard the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Sea and the cruise ship was four miles off the coast of Miami Beach at the time.

"Just after 11:30 p.m., Miami Fire Rescue dispatched their fireboat to rescue a passenger on board the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Sea cruise ship," explained Miami Fire Rescue Capt. Captain Ignatius Carroll.

The passenger, a 55 year old woman from North Carolina, was experiencing an undisclosed medical condition that required her immediate removal from the ship.

"Passengers on board watched as firefighters, with assistance from the ship's staff, safely transferred the woman onto the fireboat," according to Carroll.

The woman, whose name was not released, had just celebrated her birthday on the ship. She was taken to Bayside Marina where paramedics then transported her to an area hospital but not before she asked to snap a photo with her rescuers.

"She said, 'this is one boat ride I will never forget,'" according to Carroll.

Photo courtesy of Miami Fire Rescue.