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Second Overboard Case In Less Than 2 Months For Norwegian Cruise Lines

It is not clear how the woman went overboard from the Norwegian Cruise Star, but the Adriatic's warm water is credited with helping keep her alive for 10 hours until rescue arrived.
British tourist Kay Longstaff speaks to the media upon her arrival in Pula on a Croatian Coast Guard ship, on Sunday.

A British woman who spent 10 hours treading water in the Adriatic Sea after going overboard from a cruise ship, was released from the hospital on Monday following treatment for hypothermia.

It is unclear exactly how Kay Longstaff went into the water from the aft deck of the

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