Sick grandma dropped in Arctic in botched rescue

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: msnbc

LONDON — A 73-year-old grandmother was fighting for her life in a British hospital after rescuers dropped her into freezing Arctic waters as they attempted to transfer her from a cruise ship to a lifeboat, British media reported Thursday.

Janet Richardson reportedly began to feel dizzy and ill on the Ocean Countess cruise along the coast of Norway last month. After she was examined by the ship's doctor the captain decided to transfer her to shore for treatment.

Another passenger on the ship, Colin Prescott, said both the ship and the lifeboat "were steaming at ten knots" when paramedics tried to move her on a stretcher, The Sun newspaper reported.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42697865/ns/travel-news/

[virgogal]

1. Poor lady,couldn't they have stopped for the transfer? God.

[jdlh8894]

4. Ever heard the term

Dead Ship in the Water? You come to a full stop(especially in the Arctic)
You risk all souls on board. My prayers for this lady.

[virgogal]

9. No,never heard that term Thanks for the info.

[Raschel]

2. That is just awful, the poor lady. On another note, why did they use grandma as a description?

How about elderly woman? I can't recall seeing headlines using grandpa in the same manner.

[valerief]

5. Cuz old men are sexy, I guess. nt

[Raschel]

7. lol

[virgogal]

10. How about" Woman,age 73,"and leave the elderly out of it. I saw

"elderly" used once for a 60 year old. The reporter was probably 22.

[bertman]

3. The brave people who conduct these dangerous at-sea rescues are highly trained

and know what they are doing. It's obvious that something went wrong, but I'm not going to draw any conclusions about why. There are so many factors that were not even mentioned in the article.

Very sad story. I hope the woman recovers.

[shanti]

6. she was in the water for 8 minutes

a couple more minutes and she wouldn't have made it :( poor woman

[colorado_ufo]

8. Unbelievable.

I don't think I could have lasted eight minutes in Arctic water! She must be a very tough lady!