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Rerouted Cruise Ship Rescues 2 Fishermen Stranded In The Caribbean

The Empress of the Seas was headed for Cuba, but changed its course for Jamaica due to weather. That's how it ended up in the path of two fishermen from Costa Rica who had been adrift for 20 days.

A serendipitous change of plans could have saved lives in the open ocean.

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship, rerouted because of a storm, crossed paths last Friday with two stranded fishermen and sent a small boat to rescue the two men.

The fishermen had been

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