NANTUCKET, MASS. (WHDH) - A U.S. Coast Guard crew in a helicopter rushed to the aid of an 84-year-old woman Monday morning after she sustained a head injury and fractured her ankle on a cruise ship off Nantucket.
The woman, whose name was not released, was injured in a fall on the Queen Mary about 9 a.m. while the ship was 70 miles southeast of Nantucket, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Video released by the coast guard showed the woman being raised onto a helicopter.
She was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where she was listed in stable condition.
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