Dramatic video as Coast Guard plucks ailing 8-year-old from deck of cruise ship on the high seas

Heart-stopping video captured the moment the US Coast Guard𓆏 medevacs an 8-year-old boy suffering from appendicitis off the deck of a cruise ship on the high seas 💫near California.

The footage shows a Coast Guard MH-65𒆙 Dolphin chopper hovering high over the Royal Princess on Tuesday before a crew member is hoisted down onto the deck to g🔥rab the youngster, .

The Ocean liner was 20 miles off the coast of Eureka, California, when the Coast Guard got the call about the boy’s medical ordeal around 7 a.m., authorities said.

The chopper reached the ship about an hour later and pulled the boy — who is seen wearing a white sweatshirt with a yellow hood — on board along with his mom.

He was rushed to the emergency room at Saint Joseph Hospital, where the boy was treated, of𒅌ficials said.