Royal Viking Star Rescue
This series of 6 photos were taken onboard the Royal Viking Star on a voyage from Los Angeles to Tahiti (1974). About two days out of LA a passenger had a Heart attack (he was a US government official), the US coast guard was contacted and the ship was turned around and we headed back towards the US coast, a coast guard aircraft (Hercules) came and found the ship (no SatNav in those days) and they directed the coast guard Helicopter to our position, first they lowered a crewman down to the foredeck and he directed operations from the ship, then the passenger, his wife and the crewman were taken back on to the helicopter and away they went.
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