Steelers linebacker James Harrison has spent the past few days on social media sharing images from the Legends of Pittsburgh cruise.
However, the images he took Saturday went viral when the cruise ship he and other Pittsburgh athletes are aboard stopped to help rescue 16 people stranded on a raft in the Gulf of Mexico.
“We just stopped for this boat with 16 people in the middle of the ocean. Waiting for coast guard now,” Harrison wrote in one post.
We just stopped for this boat with 16 people in the middle of the ocean. Waiting for coast guard now.
Posted by James Harrison on Saturday, February 27, 2016
Carnival Cruise Line spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz said the Carnival Sensation found the migrants, 15 men and one woman, about 50 miles north of Cuba and brought them aboard.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios said they would be turned over to Mexican immigration officials at the ship's next stop, Cozumel.
16ppl, wild!!!
Posted by James Harrison on Saturday, February 27, 2016
According to the cruise's website, the ship set sail Thursday and is to have guests including current and former Steelers Harrison, Antonio Brown and Rocky Bleier, as well as former Pirates player Manny Sanguillen and several former Penguins.