A 72-year-old man who experienced multiple strokes was medevaced from a cruise ship 300 miles offshore from Kailua-Kona on Thursday morning by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter.
Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders were notified at 2:48 p.m. Feb. 26 from crew aboard the Koningsdam, a Holland America Line cruise ship, that the elderly passenger had experienced multiple strokes offshore from the Big Island.
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