MIAMI – The U.S. Coast Guard airlifted a woman from a cruise ship near Turks and Caicos Thursday morning.
Officials said the woman was removed from the Norwegian Getaway shortly after 11 a.m. after she began suffering symptoms of pneumonia.
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Officials said a Coast Guard flight surgeon was consulted and recommended the woman be evacuated from the ship.
The woman was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Turks and Caicos. Her condition was not immediately released.
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