[Newspoetry] 2-3 foot seas

[Editor-Within-Chief]

>MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A female crew member of a cruise ship was being 
>treated for dehydration Tuesday after falling overboard and treading water 
>for 10 hours, said a spokeswoman for the ship's owner, Norwegian Cruise Lines.
>
>The 24-year-old Romanian woman was listed in stable condition after her 
>rescue just east of the Turks and Caicos islands, officials said.
>
>The woman was discovered missing around 12:30 a.m. ET, said Coast Guard 
>spokeswoman Petty Officer Anastasia Burns, after she "failed to show up 
>for a late roll call" aboard the cruise ship Norway.
>
>There were no details as to how the woman fell off the ship.
>
>Burns said the ship's crew alerted the Coast Guard, which began a search 
>operation with two HH-60-J Hawk helicopters and two C-130 airplanes.
>
>Norway crew members spotted the woman at 10:30 a.m., Burns said. She was 
>treading water in 2-3 foot seas. A smaller boat was dispatched from the 
>ship to rescue the woman.

Why she was not simply wading in the 2-3 foot seas remains to be determined.


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Joe Futrelle
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