Sick baby rescued in Pacific Ocean
Reuters
2014-04-05
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A four-member rescue team from the California's Air National Guard parachuted to a 36-foot sailing vessel to provide immediate medical attention to a seriously ill baby on Thursday (April 3).
An American family had been sailing across the Pacific Ocean for several weeks on board the vessel known as "Rebel Heart," when their 1-year-old daughter became severely ill, officials said.
Eric and Charlotte Kaufman, along with their daughters Cora, 3, and 1-year-old Lyra sailed from Mexico on March 19 toward islands in the South Pacific and eventually New Zealand, according to therebelheart.com, where they have been writing about their sometimes stormy voyage.
The family sent out a distress call by satellite from their boat, named Rebel Heart, on Thursday (April 3) about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) off Mexico's Pacific coast.
That prompted a team from the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing to fly out to sea in a military
A four-member rescue team from the California's Air National Guard parachuted to a 36-foot sailing vessel to provide immediate medical attention to a seriously ill baby on Thursday (April 3).
An American family had been sailing across the Pacific Ocean for several weeks on board the vessel known as "Rebel Heart," when their 1-year-old daughter became severely ill, officials said.
Eric and Charlotte Kaufman, along with their daughters Cora, 3, and 1-year-old Lyra sailed from Mexico on March 19 toward islands in the South Pacific and eventually New Zealand, according to therebelheart.com, where they have been writing about their sometimes stormy voyage.
The family sent out a distress call by satellite from their boat, named Rebel Heart, on Thursday (April 3) about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) off Mexico's Pacific coast.
That prompted a team from the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing to fly out to sea in a military
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