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Navy Ship Rescues American Family Stranded at Sea with Sick Baby

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sandiego?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1396804014562iStock/Thinkstock(CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico) — On Sunday a U.S. Navy ship reached an American family that had been stranded at sea with a sick baby.

The rescue operation began Thursday when the Kaufman family, two weeks into a sailing trip across the Pacific, called for help after their 1-year-old developed a serious rash and fever.

National Guard medics flew in, parachuting down to the family just after a storm damaged their sailboat. Rescuers reached the family Sunday morning about 900 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the Coast Guard reports.

The Navy is expected to have the family back on land later on Sunday. The baby, who is now in stable condition, will be taken to a hospital in San Diego.

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