Carnival crew rescues 16 stranded on small boat in open seas
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Published: Jun. 3, 2022 at 1:02 PM PDT
(Gray News) - International cruise line Carnival announced Friday that some of the company’s crew members rescued 16 people stranded on a small vessel.
The company said the crew members on board its Mardi Gras ship spotted the group in distress and stopped to help before 8 a.m. Friday.
The ship was heading to Florida at the time they spotted the vessel near Cuba.
Conditions were rough on the open seas when the crew brought in the 16 people.
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Carnival said it contacted all appropriate authorities, including the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Mardi Gras ship was on its final day of a seven-day sailing and will return to its homeport of Port Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday morning.
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