TBNweekly.com reports the Coast Guard evacuated passenger William Nicol, 76, from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Radiance of the Seas on March 20th.
A crewmember aboard the Radiance of the Seas radioed Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg requesting medical assistance for Nicol who was experienced hernia-like symptoms. A MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater airlifted the passenger from a cruise ship which was located about 75 miles southwest of Tampa and flew him to Tampa General Hospital. Nicol’s condition is unknown.