A 44-year-old woman from El Salvador was pulled from the Ionian Sea after nearly 20 hours in the water, having jumped from the Royal Caribbean cruise liner "Odyssey of the Seas" near the Greek island of Zakynthos.
The Greek Coast Guard reported that the woman was spotted after dark clinging to an orange life ring. The crew of the cargo vessel "MSC Rosella 3," which had joined the search operation, located her and alerted rescue teams, who threw ropes and hauled her from the water.
According to the report, the woman told authorities she had jumped from the ship because she "wanted to get off it." A Coast Guard spokesman confirmed that "she spent at least 20 hours in the sea."
Following her rescue, the woman was transferred to Katakolo port and from there to a local hospital. On the order of Greek prosecutors, she was subsequently sent for psychiatric evaluation.
