Two Connecticut residents rescued by cruise ship

HARTFORD, Conn.—The crew of a cruise ship on its way to Bermuda helped rescue two Connecticut residents in separate incidents off the coasts of Massachusetts and New York.

At the request of the Coast Guard, the Norwegian Dawn responded to a sailboat off the coast of Cape Cod Monday and its doctor treated an ill passenger, 42-year-old Andrew Giglia of Wilton, for dehydration and shock-like symptoms. A three-member rescue crew had to battle winds up to 35 knots and waves up to 15 feet to get to Giglia on board the ship.

Twelve hours later, the same crew rescued 55-year-old Hillary Bercovici of Greenwich who had sustained a head injury aboard another sailboat approximately 260 miles south of Montauk, N.Y. He was taken on board and received five stitched to the forehead.

Both men are in stable condition and stayed with the cruise ship, disembarking in Bermuda.