The Carnival Paradise cruise ship. Photo / Supplied
Carnival Paradise cruise ship has received a distress call, and rescued a sailor who claims his boat was sinking in the middle of the ocean.
The Carnival Cruise Line ship came to the aid of the man, launching a lifeboat to retrieve the sailor, who was picked up 21km north
of Cozumel, Mexico, where the Carnival Paradise had just departed.
The sailor, who was not injured, was retrieved from the boat safely using one of the ship's lifeboats.
"Carnival Paradise reversed course and lowered a rescue boat, brought the mariner on-board and provided food, water and medical treatment," a spokesman for Carnival said to Fox News in a statement.
