Medical Evacuation of Carnival Dream Crew Member, June 20, 2013 Severe Burn Victim

While returning from our cruise to St. Maarten, St. Thomas and the Bahamas, a crew member was severely burned and in need of immediate medical care. The captain of our ship made the decision to change our course and head to Puerto Rico to rendezvous with a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter for a medical evacuation. We were able to see our very professional Coast Guard in action as they performed the evacuation from the pitching ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Please pray for the injured man and his family as he goes through the painful and dangerous recovery from his burns.

[@dragonmaster4429]

You can not watch these and not be proud of our military! Thank you for serving!!

[@lisaedenshaw-krieger4241]

MY husband was in the Coast Guard. We got stationed in Ketchikan,AK Block Island Rhode Island and Monterey California. Loved it! Divorced but have a friend in the Coast Guard! Way to go team!!

[@greeneyedchick78]

Thank you to the Coast Guard for what you do every day !! :) What a great Medevac! I hope this crew member is doing better!

[@capt.imanuddinyunusshmh.6549]

We always keep All Helicopter Crews in our prayers. May GOD protect and Bless All Helicopter Pilots and Their families all the time .. Amien..

[@azharudeen06]

The unsung heros. I love how everything happened so quick and smooth. I hope the guy is alright by now. I'm joining the Carnival Dream as a photographer in September 2015. hoping everything goes well.

[@matthewjacobs3872]

Ay I just got off the ship from the September 11th - 18th cruise and I came here looking for the video of the rescue from last night (September 17th) I believe I saw you at dinner as the pirate and a photographer! If I'm correct I just want to let you know how awesome the trip was and that I appreciate everything the crew does!

[@cruisedoggy]

Its amazing how many drunk rescue experts were on that ship.

[@LifewithChance8800]

IKR! None of them could even preform a helicopter rescue if their life depended on it

[@randomamerican3287]

@@LifewithChance8800 That goes without saying...

[@pbayer773]

Yrs ago, on royal Caribbean ship we had same experience. Heart attack with older guy. Was amazing to see this same type coptor pull him up from the sky above us. Amazing people. We were out in middle of sea, far away.

[@kathylebro1359]

These guys are my heroes . That pilot had to have nerves and balls of steel.

[@neilsiebenthal9254]

That was an easy one. You should watch the coast guard guys up in Alaska.. Now those fellers got balls of steel to even take off in the weather they save people from.

[@queeenhills1]

I was also on the Carnival Dream when the crew memeber got injuried, but I didn't get to see the rescue mission. So I'm glad you recoreded and posted it. THANKS!

[@terryfischer7988]

Amazing footage. Praying crew member is doing ok. Both the Coast Guard and Carnival are top notch at these types of incidents.

[@user-ll1xl1wv5w]

Agreed. This happened on my Carnival cruise this past Saturday. I saw the helicopter in & out from my balcony but only because I went to lido (not knowing what was happening) and was immediately turned away and told to go to my room. They were so organized and everyone was ready to respond to whatever happened.

[@rob360ize]

I remembered that day aboard the dream, good job coast guard.

[@beccawalton2438]

My brother was working aboard the ship when this happened! Hope the man is better now!

[@randomvintagefilm273]

That was some darn good filming!

[@alanmartin9634]

What a marvelous job

[@JNDlego57]

For those wondering what the Coast Guard plane was going to do, if you look at the weather, it doesn’t appear to be too pretty. There was probably a lot of storms or something in the area. And considering how far away this rescue was from shore, it’s quite dangerous for the helicopter crew. The airplane has significantly better weather radar and can tolerate winds and bad weather much better than a helicopter. This allows the airplane to best guide the helicopter through the weather. And should something happen to the helicopter enroute to land, the airplane can give real-time location and updates to the coast guard.

[@lestergideon3717]

Yup great job. But remember he was as crew member. There are laws and rules that govern injuries of them at sea. Unlike passengers, he will not get a bill for medical services.

[@neotentechnology7433]

Is it just me that whether in an emergency such as this or other disasters we have had here at home where I live, just the site or our American Military coming to our aid for whatever the reason, my heart fills with so much pride and greatfulness. Even when another country has had a disaster and the take humanitarian aid, I fill with pride that we are Americans and will help anyone in need who ask for our aid, even our enemies at the time bow and accept our aid. When we had 911 and Katrina, the world paid us back as best they could. Even the extremely poorest country gave something and that was so humbling. God bless this crew member, his family, the members of the US Coast Guard, and their families. I am truely proud to be an American.

[@johnthom2910]

"I fill with pride that we are Americans and will help anyone in need who ask for our aid, ..." except for Muslim refugees.

[@trex2092]

Several years ago a Chinese commercial aircraft experienced severe clear air turbulence and many people were not buckled in ( duh) and got the crap slammed out of them. Their flight path was near one of our now-closed military airfields, Air Force Station Shemya, Alaska and they were allowed to land and receive medical aid and triage the victims and then transported to Anchorage, AK And that was a HIGH Level of security access base at the time. I used to fly into Shemya many times with the USCG on HC-130's.

[@NanoPwee]

4 minutes MEDEVAC... Awesome !!! Great Job Guys !!! Coast Guard Finest !!!@chriverapr, BM2 O

[@trex2092]

Helos burn up a lot of fuel in a hoist evolution so it is imperative that they keep it short and sweet considering the distance from the nearest land/refuel point. The first one on scene was the HC-144, fixed-wing aircraft who briefed the master of the vessel on course and speed and where the hoist was going to be conducted from and that shortens the time on scene for the H-65 helo considerably. In my 20 year career with the USCG, I participated in about 20 of these from Alaska to the Carribean. In the Gulf of Mexico near the offshore oilfields it was common practice to land on a nearby platform just before the hoist if possible and take on fuel then go make the hoist, a standing agreement with the oil company so we could use there resources, we would record how much fuel we used and reimburse them if they wanted, seldom was that the case though.

[@johnlasley9384]

Makes you Proud To Be An American !

[@LowEarthOrbitPilot]

BRAVO ZULU to the entire flight crew! District 7 ROCKS!!! Thank you for your service, PO Rivera!! :)

[@LowEarthOrbitPilot]

To donsutube1974: My compliments. GREAT job filming this!

[@moderngod1]

Ahahahah the dude tryna start the USA chant how many Michelobs deep was he ?

[@edgizinski5528]

Its amazing how many people have never seen a helicopter before. 🤣

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

Why would the nurse go?

[@fyremanjef]

Anyone else hoping to hear that Airwolf booster sound effect. Those Things were sweet

[@elborii215]

Angels of the sea

[@Nyck461]

With this so crowded ship is even hard to get the needed person. I do cruises every year but not crowded ship like this. Is this typical from Carnival? I always cruise with Royal Caribbean and never so packed like this one.

[@donsutube1974]

Two things make the ship look crowded. First, passengers were advised to head to the front of the ship away from the rear of the ship so they would not be in danger from the helicopter in case of a mishap during the evacuation. Second, everyone knew the helicopter was coming and wanted to watch the evacuation so almost all passengers were on deck and not down on the lower decks.

[@aliciageary7653]

Can you imagine being in that basket!?

[@drownplayz]

nice

[@inastormydaze2044]

why did the Ship's Nurse go up?

[@Glenonica1]

Duhhhhh

[@inastormydaze2044]

@@Glenonica1 ?!? I don't see what's Duhhhh about asking that?!?

[@greggmundkowsky5798]

@@inastormydaze2044 the rescue swimmer is trained as an EMT. Having the allows for a higher level of care, the nurse can administer medications which the swimmer can not

[@julio-wl7bo]

Air cost guard aguadilla P.R. 💪

[@ginofernandocabral6423]

The guy who wants to start a USA chant. 😆

[@chee5935]

cruise ship people are a whole different species 👽

[@dashcamdude6690]

The down draft on deck must have being horriable from the helicopter blads

[@martyb3783]

Semper Paratus!

[@zesolodar]

i bet all those people onboard clap when the plane lands

[@johnthom2910]

Yeah that's a Dauphin, not a Dolphin.

[@semones57]

It definitely looks like this cruise was over packed.

[@capt.imanuddinyunusshmh.6549]

f you have any problem any where in the world, an airplane can only fly over and drop some flowers. But a Helicopter can land and save your live. Igor Sikorsky's Quotes

[@bluckfox]

mh 65

[@427SuperSnake1]

Pretty weird if you ask me. Big ass ship with slides, pools, shopping mall, casino, but no place to land a helicopter.....

[@jimmygorecki6509]

EVEN IF THERE WAS LANDING PAD THE STILL PROB WOULDNT HAVE LANDED UNEEDED RISK sorry caps

[@julieeverett7442]

oh all ships have a landing pad, its just safer to winch, especially in rough waves!

[@juanlgsanchez7592]

¿ Y a que coño viene la fiesta?, aplausos, silbidos, ......una tripulación jugándose el bigote y un pasajero seriamente herido. Meando fuera del tiesto, vamos.

[@ernestshackleton6965]

Speak english

[@eddiemandujano7508]

production fuck you, he can speak whatever language he wants your piece of shit, I would love to meet you in person just so I could beat the shit out of you.

[@jean-marclopez7040]

French Hélicoptère are the best....

[@jeancrikke7626]

This is a training mission......! Look at the Danish Choppers, they are 5 times bigger.......

[@jeancrikke7626]

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[@cats0182]

In true government fashion (how many government workers does it take to change a light bulb), we have the Coast Guard chopper PLUS an "observer plane". Wonder what the plane is going to do in the middle of the ocean. Observe? Take notes? Who knows.

[@Doomsday499]

It acts as a mobile comms relay, and command post, while the helicopter performs as the SAR asset. Pretty standard whenever USCG is deployed to cruise / larger ships.

[@64MDW]

Lighten up, clown. They know what they're doing. I'm fairly sure the injured man was glad they called the Coast Guard and not you.

[@jonathanp1884]

Pretty standard but another waste of government money. When I was in the USCG we did find ways to save our government money though. Out pentagon could do the same job with maybe 75% of the costs. We need accountability and financial discipline.