The founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos was rushed from a cruise ship with a helicopter of the Ecuadorian Navy after suffering an attack of kidney stones in the Galapagos Islands New Year's Day. E 'was the same Bezos to communicate the mishap with an email: "Galapagos: five stars. Kidney stones: Zero stars."the 

Navy of Ecuador said that Bezos was on board a ship sailing between the islands of Floreana and Santa Cruz, both famous for their wildlife, when the attack of kidney stones hit him in mid-afternoon. A helicopter of the Navy has met the ship in Santa Cruz and has led the founder of Amazon to the island of Baltra, about 32 km from the ship cruise sailing where his private jet was waiting. From there, Bezos has flown to the U.S. for "emergency surgery", the navy said in a statement. "It had to be taken care of as soon as possible," said the spokesman for the Ecuadorian naval force. 

Galapagos are located about 600 km west of the Ecuadorian coast. Juan Carlos Ibarra, a lieutenant in the air force of the Navy, was the helicopter pilot who made the airlift. "We have informed when the ship was coming to the island Bayat Santa Cruz, "said Ibarra. "We landed with our helicopter on a football field. A doctor had already gone on board to administer first aid to Bezos. He has stabilized and there explained that he had to return immediately to the U.S. for surgery. was conscious, but it was very sore . " The Navy said Ibarra and his crew have received a message of thanks on the part of relatives and Bezos himself, who they have described as "a prestigious and well-known businessman."  

Bezos, 49,'s 19th richest person in the world, according to Forbes magazine, with a fortune of $ 25 billion. From the founding of Amazon in his garage near Seattle in 1994.