The Coast Guard medevaced a 66-year-old man Saturday and a 30-year-old woman Sunday from the Carnival Liberty cruise ship.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report Saturday from the cruise ship of a 66-year-old man with stroke-like symptoms while approximately 55 miles southeast of Southwest Pass, Louisiana.
On Sunday, watchstanders received a report from the cruise ship of a 30-year-old woman with appendicitis-like symptoms while transiting near Port Sulphur, Louisiana.
Watchstanders coordinated the launches of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews to conduct the medevacs for both people.
The aircrews arrived on-scene for each report respectively and transported them to University Medical Center to awaiting emergency medical services personnel.
The man and woman were both last reported in stable condition.
