A woman is airlifted off a cruise ship. The U.S. Coast Guard was called to rescue the 66-year-old believed to be having a stroke. The Holland America Koningsdam was 280 miles south of the U.S. and Mexico at the time.

Americans call them pier runners – the cruise passengers racing to catch their cruise ship before it leaves without them, causing much merriment to those who have made it back on time. The perverse pleasure in watching other people’s misfortunes even led one passenger to spend valuable holiday time recording a minute-by-minute account of how two