Staff on the Carnival Paradise rescued 27 Cubans signaling for help 20 miles off the west Cuban coast on Sunday as the cruise liner made its way from Tampa to Roatan, Honduras.
A Carnival cruise ship rescued 27 Cuban nationals found adrift and signalling for help roughly 20 miles west of Cuba this weekend. The small wooden boat was in visibly poor condition, fitted with a makeshift sail and crowded with passengers, video shared with Fox 13 shows. The cruise ship's bridge team turned around the Carnival Paradise on its route from Tampa to Roatan, Honduras to rescue the Cubans around 2:30 pm. Sunday.
All 27 passengers were taken aboard, fed and checked by medical personnel, the outlet reported. Roatan officials and the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West were notified. Neither the Coast Guard sector nor Carnival Cruise Line could immediately be reached for comment. FLORIDA MAN BELIEVES SON IS ALIVE AFTER JUMPING OFF CRUISE SHIP: REPORT The ship's itinerary was not impacted, the liner wrote in a press release, and cruise-goers will reach Roatan's Mahogany Bay today on schedule.
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