VIDEO: 2 men rescue cruise ship passenger in wheelchair who fell from dock

Monday, August 19, 2019
Video shows 2 men rescue cruise-ship passenger in wheelchair after who fell from dock
Two men in the U.S. Virgin Islands are being hailed as heroes, after they jumped to save bound cruise ship passenger in a wheelchair who fell from a dock into water.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Two men in the U.S. Virgin Islands are being hailed as heroes after they jumped to save a cruise ship passenger in a wheelchair who fell from a dock into water.

Kashief Hamilton and Randolph Donovan raced to action when the woman rolled off a dock in St. Thomas Monday.

In a video of the rescue, posted on social media, the woman is seen gripping a life ring as Hamilton and Donovan hold on to her to keep her afloat.

Hamilton and Donovan worked together with rescuers on the dock to use a rope that had been tied around the woman, to pull her out of the water.

The unnamed woman was a passenger on board the Carnival Fascination ship, which had stopped in St. Thomas.

A spokeswoman for carnival cruise line says she was not injured and was provided a complimentary replacement wheelchair.