Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos suffered a kidney stone attack while in Ecuadors Galapagos Islands and had to be airlifted by an Ecuadorian navy helicopter to his personal jet, then flown to the US for surgery, according to ABC News. Bezos is said to have suffered the attack on January 1st aboard a cruise ship, according to local media outlet Galapagos Digital. The helicopters pilot was quoted by another Spanish-language outlet, El Comercio, as saying he received messages of thanks from Bezos family and business partners.