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CHOPPER WINCHES SICK PASSENGER FROM CRUISE SHIP

The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter has performed a daring mission at sea, to rescue a passenger on board a cruise liner.

A paramedic and doctor were winched onboard the Sun Princess, which was eight nautical miles off the coast of Ballina, at around one-o’clock yesterday afternoon, after a 69-year-old man suffered a medical condition.

The man was flown to Lismore Base Hospital in a stable condition.

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