73-year-old British woman who was accidentally dropped into the Norwegian Sea as rescue workers took her off a cruise ship late last month has died at a hospital in England.
Janet Richardson fell ill while on a Scandinavian cruise and was being transferred to a rescue boat on March 29 when coast guard officers let her stretcher drop into the sea.
The woman spent four minutes treading water. The sea was just a few degrees above freezing at the time.
North Cumbria University Hospitals in England said in a statement Saturday that Richardson died Thursday after spending a week in intensive care.
Officials said Richardson began suffering from internal bleeding during the homeward leg of a two-week cruise on the Ocean Countess ship.
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