Woman rescued alive after 20 hours in water off Greece
A 44-year-old woman who went overboard from Royal Caribbean's Odyssey of the Seas was rescued alive after about 20 hours in the water off the coast of Greece. The rescue in the Ionian Sea came nearly a day after she went overboard.
The vessel was identified as the Odyssey of the Seas, according to Upper Michigan's Source. The passenger was described as a 44-year-old woman, according to WPTZ. The rescue followed an extended period in open water, reported as about 20 hours.
Officials said the woman allegedly jumped from the ship, CBS News reported. That description of how she entered the water was attributed to officials. It remains an allegation rather than an independently established account.
The Ionian Sea is the area given for the rescue, off the coast of Greece. The reported interval of about 20 hours covers nearly a full day between going overboard and being recovered. She was recovered alive at the end of that period.
The established points in the reporting concern the passenger's age, the identity of the ship, the length of time in the water and the location off Greece. How she went overboard has been described only through the officials' allegation. The reporting separates the fact of the rescue from the account of its cause.
The woman survived the nearly day-long period in the sea before being brought to safety. The ship involved was the Odyssey of the Seas.
She had been in the water for about 20 hours, a period stretching across nearly a full day, before she was brought to safety. The location given for the recovery was the Ionian Sea off Greece.
