The United States Coast Guard rescued a 12-year-old boy from a cruise ship Tuesday evening.
Coast Guard officials said in a news release that an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater transported the Canadian boy and his father to Miami as the child was suffering from symptoms of appendicitis.
They were on board the Caribbean Princess cruise ship, which was about 230 miles southeast of Miami.
The agency did not list the name or hometown of the boy.
No further details were immediately available.