Snorkelers Abandoned on Honeymoon - lawsuit

[Scared Silly]

A honeymoon should be memorial, fortunately it did not turn into memorial.

Snorkelers Abandoned on Honeymoon

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

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[ibj40]

Couple sue snorkeling company for $5m, claiming they were abandoned in the ocean

The pair said they wrote "SOS" in the sand of a nearby island before being found by residents who gave them water.

fortune.com

Couple accuse Hawaiian snorkeling tour company of abandoning them in ocean

California newlyweds claim they returned to boat after dive to find it sailing away

www.theguardian.com

 

[SoroSuub1]

Wow, this couple is very lucky for many reasons. Can't believe they got off the boat at 10:40AM, and even at 1PM-ish when they made it to shore and then later finally found by a local, nobody had identified them as missing on the boat...

Couple on Hawaii honeymoon says snorkeling tour group abandoned them in the ocean

Elizabeth Webster and her husband, Alexander Burckle, said they had to swim about half a mile to shore, according to a federal lawsuit.

www.nbcnews.com

Article indicated they were diving near an abandoned resort.... guess it might be this resort? So they likely came ashore on the East coast / sparsely populated side of the island? At least it wasn't rock cliffs.

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Court documents reviewed by NBC..... is the statement of claim readable somewhere?

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

Crews should do a role call AND a head count. So easily avoidable.

 

[Eric802]

I’ve been on snorkeling excursions off cruises where I’ve watched them do the head count with people milling about all over the deck and thought “There’s no way they’re getting an accurate count.”