A 44-year-old woman who went overboard during a Royal Caribbean cruise off the coast of a Greek island was found alive and rescued nearly a day later. The woman, a Salvadoran national , was rescued after spending 20 hours in the water clinging to a lifebuoy, the Hellenic Coast Guard said.
A similar incident took place last year when a man jumped off Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas in San Juan, Puerto Rico , in an attempt to evade nearly $17,000 in gambling debt.
“The local emergency plan was immediately activated, and searches were launched to locate her,” the Coast Guard said, per WBALTV. Video of the rescue surfacing on social media shows the woman floating in a ring-shaped life preserver. It shows rope being thrown, following which she is pulled onto a cargo boat that was assisting in the search for her. The passenger, Jey Gonzalez-Diaz, survived, and was later detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.
