Late last week, two cruise ship passengers were simultaneously medevaced to North Carolina by a Coast Guard helicopter crew.
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Earlier this week, a 27-year old cruise ship passenger was charged with the sexual assault of a fellow passenger in Bermuda.
Last week, a 35-year old passenger experienced cardiac problems aboard a Silversea Cruises ship near Kotzeblue, Alaska, and was medevaced to shore.
Recently, Amanda Nguyen petitioned the United Nations to pass the Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights, which seeks to bring consistency to post-assault procedures.
This past weekend, a chartered shore excursion tour boat in the Bahamas suffered an engine explosion that engulfed the boat in flames, causing injuries and death.
Seeing the hallway aboard your cruise fill with water is not something anyone ever wants to witness. However, that is exactly what happened late last week, when a faulty fire suppression system caused one of the decks aboard the Carnival Dream to fill with water. The company quickly worked to resolve the matter, and all passengers and crew members are safe.
