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    Cruise Ship Doesn't Stop For Fishermen in Trouble

    RIO HATO, Panama (AP) -- Three Panamanian men were on their way home after a night of fishing, happy with their success, when the motor on their small open boat rattled and quit, leaving them adrift in sight of land, but too far out for their cell phones to work.

    With nothing left to eat but the fish they caught and a few gallons of water, they drifted for 16 days, more than 100 miles from home, before they thought they must be saved.

    Adrian Vasquez, 18, saw a huge white ship coming toward them. He waved a red sweater to get their attention, reaching high over his head, and dropping it low to his knees. Though he was near death, the skipper of the little panga, Elvis Oropeza Betancourt, 31, joined in, waving an orange life jacket.

    "Tio, look what's coming over there," Vasquez recalled saying in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press. "We felt happy, because we thought they were coming to rescue us."

    The ship didn't stop, and the fishing boat drifted another two weeks before it was found. By then, Vasquez's two friends had died.

    "I said, `God will not forgive them,'" Vasquez recalled. "Today, I still feel rage when I remember that."

    That same day, March 10, birdwatchers with powerful spotting scopes on the promenade deck of the luxury cruise ship Star Princess saw a little boat adrift miles away. They told ship staff about the man desperately waving a red cloth.

    http://www.weather.com/outlook/weath...ses_2012-04-21

    that should be criminal...i wonder if it is under maritime laws...

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    That's pretty sick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aoxomoxoa View Post
    That's pretty sick.
    I agree, sick and criminal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aoxomoxoa View Post
    That's pretty sick.
    i can't find in maritime law a duty to rescue these guys, however, there appears to be a long standing tradition of rescue.

    i agree, very sick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    Cruise Ship Doesn't Stop For Fishermen in Trouble

    RIO HATO, Panama (AP) -- Three Panamanian men were on their way home after a night of fishing, happy with their success, when the motor on their small open boat rattled and quit, leaving them adrift in sight of land, but too far out for their cell phones to work.

    With nothing left to eat but the fish they caught and a few gallons of water, they drifted for 16 days, more than 100 miles from home, before they thought they must be saved.

    Adrian Vasquez, 18, saw a huge white ship coming toward them. He waved a red sweater to get their attention, reaching high over his head, and dropping it low to his knees. Though he was near death, the skipper of the little panga, Elvis Oropeza Betancourt, 31, joined in, waving an orange life jacket.

    "Tio, look what's coming over there," Vasquez recalled saying in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press. "We felt happy, because we thought they were coming to rescue us."

    The ship didn't stop, and the fishing boat drifted another two weeks before it was found. By then, Vasquez's two friends had died.

    "I said, `God will not forgive them,'" Vasquez recalled. "Today, I still feel rage when I remember that."

    That same day, March 10, birdwatchers with powerful spotting scopes on the promenade deck of the luxury cruise ship Star Princess saw a little boat adrift miles away. They told ship staff about the man desperately waving a red cloth.

    http://www.weather.com/outlook/weath...ses_2012-04-21

    that should be criminal...i wonder if it is under maritime laws...
    must not disturb the schedule and the tourists

    wtf, how long would it have taken to stop and render aid, oh the extra fuel bill for stopping and starting and to make up lost time

    also, it must have been the fishermen's fault for not having a proper flare on board to alert the cruise ship
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    I emailed this cruise line on this issue and got this response.

    We’re aware of the allegations that Star Princess supposedly passed by a boat in distress that was carrying three Panamanian fishermen on March 10, 2012. At this time we cannot verify the facts as reported, and we are currently conducting an internal investigation on the matter.

    We were very saddened to learn that two lives were lost aboard the boat, and our thoughts and prayers are with the families involved.

    Princess Cruises is dedicated to the highest standards of seamanship wherever our ships sail, and we understand it is our duty to assist any vessel in distress. We have come to the aid of many people at sea, and we will continue to do so.

    Sincerely,

    Princess Cruises
    Customer Relations Specialist
    customerrelations@princesscruises.com

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    i don't believe you

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    i don't believe you
    No surprise there...
    What kind of country have we become?

    One in which federal prosecutors can take “evidence” before a “grand jury,”

    and that grand jury can “vote to indict” a former president for 91 alleged “crimes”?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    i don't believe you
    I do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    i don't believe you
    i cannot say that i believe them either, but if this blows up big enough, maybe they will compensate the dead crewmen's families
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    i don't believe you
    signalmankenneth or the cruise line, you are somewhat ambiguous
    I pledge allegiance to the constitution of the United States of America as amended by the legislative and executive branches and interpreted by the Supreme Court

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don Quixote View Post
    signalmankenneth or the cruise line, you are somewhat ambiguous
    spinmanken....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aoxomoxoa View Post
    I do.
    do you have another source?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZappasGuitar View Post
    No surprise there...
    zappa emailed me and told me he is an angry wife beater.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    spinmanken....
    you do not believe that he emailed the cruise line and received a reply, why?
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