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Monday 28 March 2016

British Woman, 65, is Rescued A Third Of a Mmile Out to Sea After Trying To SWIM to Cruise Liner Which Left Port without her

British pensioner rescued a third of a mile out to sea clinging on to her handbag after
Funchal port captain Felix Marques told local press the woman - named as 65-year-old Susan Brown - had been a passenger on board the Marco Polo cruise ship (pictured, top right), operated by Cruise & Maritime Voyages, with her husband, 

Michael. They reportedly rowed after the vessel docked in the Madeiran capital and she travelled to the island's airport before changing her mind about leaving. She is then believed to have jumped into the sea from the spot (pictured) in an attempt to rejoin her who was husband on board the ship. He was not, and his whereabouts is currently unknown. Mrs Brown is recovering in hospital in Funchal (bottom, on the south of Madeira) after being rescued by three fishermen (pictured) 1,600ft out to sea suffering hypothermia.



British holidaymaker was rescued from the Atlantic after apparently trying to swim to her cruise liner when it left port without her.
Susan Brown, 65, was pulled from the ice-cold waters in the early hours of Sunday with severe hypothermia after more than four hours swimming a third of a mile out to sea in the hope of making it to her ship, the Marco Polo.
She is thought to have jumped into the water from beside Madeira Airport after believing her husband Michael - with whom she had argued - had got back on board when she lost sight of him.
The pair had cut short a 32 day tour from West Indies on day 28 - with cruise operator Cruise & Maritime Voyages offering them flights out of the Portuguese island to fly back to Bristol on Saturday evening.
A British holidaymaker has been rescued from the Atlantic after apparently trying to swim to her cruise liner when it left port without her. Susan Brown, 65, was pulled from the ice-cold waters with severe hypothermia after  four hours swimming 1,600ft out to sea in the hope of making it to her ship, the Marco Polo (pictured)
A British holidaymaker has been rescued from the Atlantic after apparently trying to swim to her cruise liner when it left port without her. Susan Brown, 65, was pulled from the ice-cold waters with severe hypothermia after four hours swimming 1,600ft out to sea in the hope of making it to her ship, the Marco Polo (pictured)
Swim: Mrs Brown is believed to have tried to swim to the Marco Polo boat after reaching to the water from these steps, just next to Santa Cruz airport
Swim: Mrs Brown is believed to have tried to swim to the Marco Polo boat after reaching to the water from these steps, just next to Santa Cruz airport
Marildo Freitas (left) and fellow fishermen brothers Carlos (middle) and Leonardo (right) Correia claim they were the ones that pulled Mrs Brown from the water
Marildo Freitas (left) and fellow fishermen brothers Carlos (middle) and Leonardo (right) Correia claim they were the ones that pulled Mrs Brown from the water


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