WATCH: Coast Guard Rescues Cruise Ship Passenger Off Nantucket

Coast Guard Sector Southeast New England received a notification on Wednesday regarding an 82-year-old passenger with a suspected pulmonary embolism aboard the cruise ship Queen Mary II, 85 miles southeast of Nantucket.

A MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod was launched and manages to safely hoist and transfer the passenger to Hanscom Air Force Base to be taken by ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital.