Cruise Passenger Hailed A Hero After Saving Elderly Man
A Carnival Cruise Line passenger is being hailed a hero after saving an elderly man who fell from a pier during a cruise stop in Mexico. The incident happened May 19 while Carnival Jubilee was docked in Costa Maya, per…
A Carnival Cruise Line passenger is being hailed a hero after saving an elderly man who fell from a pier during a cruise stop in Mexico.
The incident happened May 19 while Carnival Jubilee was docked in Costa Maya, per Fox News.
Carnival Cruise Line confirmed the incident, saying an elderly guest fell into the water while returning to the ship.
“Our security team responded immediately, and the guest was safely recovered and transported to the ship’s medical center for care,” the cruise line said in a statement. “He debarked the ship in Galveston at the end of the cruise.”
A video, which circulated on social media, showed a passenger — identified as Myron — removing his shoes and jumping into the water after seeing the man struggling near the ship.
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Myron’s wife, Amy, went on social media saying the man was face down in the water when her husband sljumped in.
Myron reached the man and kept him afloat until help arrived, she said.