Crazy videos show a Coast Guard helicopter nearly crashing into the ocean after abandoning a rescue attempt on a Carnival cruise ship during a storm

• The Coast Guard on Saturday evacuated a passenger on a cruise 300 miles offshore from Alabama.
• Video showed the first helicopter that was sent had to abort the rescue due to severe weather.
• The helicopter came close to the water, but the Coast Guard said "superb piloting" helped save it.

A Coast Guard helicopter attempting to perform a rescue from a cruise ship on Saturday nearly crashed into the ocean when weather conditions worsened, but was saved thanks in part to "superb piloting," the Coast Guard said.