In a dramatic turn of events, a Royal Caribbean passenger overboard Greeceincident ended with the passenger being rescued nearly 20 hours after going overboard from a Royal Caribbean ship into the Ionian Sea near the island of Zakynthos, Greece. According to a news release by the Hellenic Coast Guard, the incident occurred on the morning of Oct. 9 on the cruise ship while it was sailing southwest of Zakynthos. The woman, later identified as a 44-year-old El Salvadoran national, told rescuers that she jumped from the ship because she “wanted to disembark”.
A cargo ship that participated in the search located the woman on Oct. 10 and she was found conscious while floating inside a lifebuoy, according to the coast guard. Footage shared by the Hellenic Coast Guard shows the moment the woman was found floating in the water.
