United States Coast Guard completed a medical evacuation of an 81-year-old male passenger from cruise ship Star Pride on Monday, approximately 150 nautical miles north of Puerto Rico. ^{[1][2][6][7][10][11][12]} An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew performed a precision hoist operation to transfer the patient and a ship nurse from the cruise vessel. ^[3] The evacuated patient was transported directly to Río Piedras Medical Center for specialized medical care. ^[4] The medical evacuation was performed using an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen. ^[5] The U.S. Coast Guard did not dispatch a helicopter immediately on 2026-10-24 as the vessel was beyond standard helicopter operating range. ^[8] The Coast Guard monitored the passenger's condition for two days before dispatching an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew for the rescue. ^[9]