An Irish firefighter has been lauded after helping rescue a passenger who fell overboard from a cruise ship in Honduras.
Rory Foy, who himself is on holiday, saw that a passenger fell overboard from the ship as it was docking.
He jumped into the water and grabbed a life ring, swimming to the passenger to help them retrieve it and then swimming with them to the shore.
Firefighter/Paramedic Rory Foy who is on holiday in Honduras sprang into action after a person fell overboard when a cruise ship was docking in port.
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 3, 2024
Rory, who is a swift water rescue technician took a lifebuoy thrown by a bystander and swam to the person with it. Here's… pic.twitter.com/IWwQKqwS2j
While it’s not been confirmed which cruise line or ship was involved, social media images and the ship schedules for the time suggest it was Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas or Enchantment of the Seas.
No information has been released about the passenger’s well-being or how they fell overboard.
Usually, rescues involving cruise ships either involve the cruise ship crew rescuing stranded people on a boat, or the coast guard rescuing people from a ship if they suffer a medical emergency.
People do occasionally go overboard from ships, but a lot of those cases end tragically with no body found.
Rescues of this nature – with a passenger being the hero – are certainly rare and he deserves all the credit he is getting!
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Jenni Fielding is the founder of Cruise Mummy. She has worked in the cruise industry since 2015 and has taken over 30 cruises. Now, she helps over 1 million people per month to plan their perfect cruise holidays.
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