Saturday, December 12, 2009

Keep the crew inside the lifelines

Captains
Majesty of Seas crewman, Robert Mado is a lucky man, but why did he go overboard? The investigation pends. Hope he is OK after treading water for over two hours.
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Majesty of the Seas
MIAMI -- The Coast Guard rescued a cruise ship crewmember who went overboard Friday morning.

A smallboat crew from Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, Fla., located 31-year-old Robert Mado treading water around 6:15 a.m., roughly five miles off the Fowey Rocks near Biscayne Bay, Miami. Mado was transferred to Fireboat One from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

Mado went overboard from the Royal Caribbean, Majesty of the Seas, early Friday morning. The Majesty of the Seas crew broadcast a distress call around 4:30 a.m.

Also assisting in the search was:

* An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami
* A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission boat crew

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