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Fire at Sea: Cruise Ship Rescue | The Last Lifeboat | 4

2023/5/16
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The rescue operations began with Air Force pararescue men and Coast Guard personnel airlifting passengers from lifeboats in the stormy Gulf of Alaska, following a fire on the cruise ship Prinsendam.

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Rescue workers begin the painstakingly slow process of airlifting cruise ship evacuees one by one from their lifeboats. But a typhoon has turned the Gulf of Alaska into a raging sea, and as they await rescue, many of the passengers fear they’ll either drown or die of hypothermia. Just when rescuers think they’ve saved everyone, they realize they’ve overlooked one lifeboat. Amid rain and massive waves, and with darkness approaching, they worry they might never find it.

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