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Coast Guard rescues ailing cruise ship passenger

09:59 PM EDT on Thursday, April 12, 2007

By 13News

The Coast Guard rescued an ailing cruise ship passenger off the coast of North Carolina, Thursday.

The Coast Guard Rescue and Coordination Center in Portsmouth was contacted by the crew of the Noordham. Lemon Molina, 29, a native of the Philippines was suffering from severe abdominal pains.

Rescue crews from Air Station Elizabeth City in North Carolina retrieved Molina and took him to Currituck County Hospital in Moorhead City.