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Crews recover passenger who went overboard from cruise ship off B.C. coast

WATCH: The U.S. coastguard says a man has fallen overboard from a cruise ship while on its way back to Vancouver from Alaska – Jul 10, 2018

Crews have recovered a passenger who went overboard from a cruise ship that departed Vancouver back on June 30.

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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.

— With files from Jon Azpiri

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