Crews have recovered a passenger who went overboard from a cruise ship that departed Vancouver back on June 30.
The U.S. Coast Guard says a man fell off the Seven Seas Mariner around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
The 73-year-old man was last seen by his wife around 4 a.m. who reported she was woken up by a breeze coming from the open balcony door.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter recovered an unresponsive man from the waters near the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
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The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria has confirmed the incident but says it is out of their jurisdiction because it happened in U.S. waters.
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