An 88-year-old man was medically evacuated from a Carnival
cruise ship after suffering internal injuries while out at sea.
The Coast Guard on Sunday picked up Herman Steidel Lebron from
the Carnival Victory, which was sailing northwest of Cuba.
"First, it lowered a -- I guess a medic from the Coast Guard
onto the deck, then it lowered a stretcher, then it lowered a
basket," said Karl Poehl. "The basket went up, took one person
with him, then the stretcher went up with the patient in the
stretcher."  Lebron is from Puerto Rico. It was not immediately
clear what caused his injuries.  Lebron was listed in stable
condition at Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West on Monday
when the the Carnival Victory docked at PortMiami.  "Your heart
does race just a little bit when you see something like that
happening because you feel for the people," said Jack Sawdy.
"They were very fast, very efficient."  Passengers said there
were two medical evacuations during the four-day long cruise.
The first person was said to be tr