Skid Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 Apparently this happened on Saturday, but I just saw it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/cruise-ship-passengers-rescued-taxi-bus-crash-sea-st-maarten-royal-caribbean-freedom-seas-1445458%3famp=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 Yes, accidents occur while people are on vacation. In Colorado a charter bus crash killed two and sent more to hospitals. Terrible accidents happen every where including tourists destination and right here at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 27 minutes ago, twangster said: including tourists destination and right here at home. Exactly. There are about 15,913 accidents per day in the USA. Doubt Newsweek is reporting on any of those, yet one in St. Maarten makes headlines. Why? Because they frame it around the idea of people on vacation in an accident. Plus, dramatic video of the van in the water helps sell it. cruisestuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skid Posted June 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 All very true statements. But to me these accidents are even sadder when they happen while you are far away from home and family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzywuzzy Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 Same way, like recently, if 2 people should die of natural causes on a cruise ship the media jumps on it but make no mention that in my small town, with a population smaller than that cruise ships passengers, at least 2 people die every single month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 I was on the Freedom sailing where this happened. The reports of delayed departure because of the accident are very overblown - we were scheduled to depart St. Maarten at 5:00 p.m. and pulled away from the dock at 5:20. The ship was NOT delayed until Sunday. Early reports shared with us by the suites concierge were that the driver was texting when the accident happened. One passenger suffered a broken arm and one had water in the lungs. ChessE4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skid Posted June 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, HeWhoWaits said: I was on the Freedom sailing where this happened. The reports of delayed departure because of the accident are very overblown - we were scheduled to depart St. Maarten at 5:00 p.m. and pulled away from the dock at 5:20. The ship was NOT delayed until Sunday. Early reports shared with us by the suites concierge were that the driver was texting when the accident happened. One passenger suffered a broken arm and one had water in the lungs. Thanks. I'm happy it wasn't any worse. Hopefully, there will be consequences for the driver if he was, in fact, negligent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzywuzzy Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 RE: The news link. What is with Newsweek? The article spent more time bashing Royal Caribbean than detailing the accident. It also seems that Cruise Law News was their source for information which should be no surprise as that's the way those bottom feeders over there operate. Journalism?? Ha! Ha! Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattymay Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 A similar thing almost happened to us in Vanuatu! Driving is a free for all there.. our taxi almost backed off the edge of a pier! We had to yell at the driver to stop. I was ready to kick the window out because I thought we were going over the edge.. it was a small van and we were not near the door. Morganno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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