article_snippet: Janet Richardson, 72, was tipped into the water wearing just Janet Richardson nightdress as crew members tried to transfer Janet Richardson to a lifeboat on a stretcher during the rescue.
article_snippet: Passengers shrieked in horror as the pensioner fought to stay afloat for up to eight minutes without a life jacket as crew tried to save Janet Richardson from the icy 2C waters.
article_snippet: Janet Richardson, 72, (picture left with husband George) died three weeks after being accidentally tipped into icy water as crew members onboard a cruise ship tried to transfer Janet Richardson to a lifeboat after Janet Richardson was taken ill .
article_snippet: Passengers shrieked in horror as the pensioner fought to stay afloat for eight minutes without a life jacket .
article_snippet: Janet Richardson was eventually pulled to safety using a long pole but died in hospital three weeks later from complications.
article_snippet: ’ Mrs Richardson (pictured in water) was eventually pulled to safety  but died in hospital three weeks later .
article_snippet: The liner was off the coast of Norway and the captain decided ’ Mrs Richardson (pictured in water)  was so ill ’ Mrs Richardson (pictured in water)  
article_snippet: Crew members strapped ’ Mrs Richardson (pictured in water)  to a stretcher with a blanket and tried to pass ’ Mrs Richardson (pictured in water)  to a team on a lifeboat which had pulled up beside the ship.
article_snippet: But the two boats, which were travelling side-by-side at 10 knots, were not tethered together and began to move apart at the crucial moment, plunging ’ Mrs Richardson (pictured in water)  into the sea.
article_snippet: I saw a stretcher with a blanket hit the side of the vessel.
article_snippet: ’ Mrs Richardson (pictured in water)  went one way and a stretcher with a blanket went the other.
article_snippet: was being moved from the ship to a rescue boat on a stretcher when ’ Mrs Richardson (pictured in water)  was dropped .
highlights_snippet: Janet Richardson, 72, died after being accidentally tipped into the sea .
  
highlights_snippet: Crew members were trying to transfer Janet Richardson, 72 into a lifeboat during the rescue .
  
highlights_snippet: Janet Richardson, 72 fought to stay afloat in icy water for eight minutes without a life jacket .
  
highlights_snippet: Mrs Richardson died in hospital three weeks later from complications .
  