65-year-old tourist swam to catch the… cruise ship

A 65-year-old British tourist was rescued from the sea in a state of hypothermia, after he tried to swim the… ship that sailed without her, on Saturday night from the port of Funchal, Madeira Portugal.
The woman, who was shaking from the cold but he held on tight to the arms of a small suitcase, was spotted around midnight in the waters of the Atlantic, at a distance of 500 meters from the coast, by local fishermen who heard the voices of, in accordance with the port of Funchal Felix Chips.
The local newspaper Κορέιο da Manh said that the tourist had a fight with her husband and decided to descend from the cruise ship Marco Polo which he had caught in the harbour of Funchal. He intended to return immediately to Britain by plane.
But as soon as he arrived at the airport, at the eastern end of the island, he saw from far away through the cruise ship of the british company Cruise & Maritime Voyages, which had set sail and was headed in Lisbon. Without a second thought, ran and jumped into the sea to swim, explained the Chips.
Four hours later, was rescued and was taken to the hospital of Funchal, suffering from hypothermia.
In the meantime, her husband was not anymore on the cruise ship: went to the airport and returned to Britain with the first plane…