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Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally

Coast Guard, partner agencies, cruise ship evacuated 500 people from the U.S. Virgin Islands

U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District

Sept. 14, 2017 | 0:37

The Majesty of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International cruise ship, disembarks more than 500 Hurricane Irma evacuees from the U.S. Virgin Islands to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday Sept. 14, 2017. After the cruise line coordinated their pre-storm movement during Hurricane Irma with the Coast Guard, Royal Caribbean International volunteered their available ships to assist in any humanitarian transportation efforts local, state, and federal agencies may need in the aftermath of Irma to help get citizens of the islands.U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally.