Watch those ship railings!
In another incident at sea, a 36-year cruise passenger from Ohio is presumed to have fallen overboard last week during a four-day Mexican voyage on Carnival's Imagination. No one apparently noticed Tammy Grogan missing until the ship docked in Miami on Monday. Her family said they last saw her about 36 hours earlier. The Orlando Sentinel quoted FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela as saying, "we do not suspect foul play," in spite of the family's reporting delay.
Although such incidents are rare, especially compared to the millions of cruise passengers who sail annually, the Toledo woman's disappearance is not without precedent. In the summer of 2005, newlywed "missing honeymooner" George Smith IV vanished from a Royal Caribbean ship sailing the Mediterranean Sea. In May, another Ohioan, Daniel DiPiero, 21, fell off a Royal Caribbean ship in the Bahamas after a night of drinking. In the latter case ship security cameras recorded his fall.
The International Council of Cruise Lines reported earlier this year that 24 passengers have gone missing since 2003, which while 24 too many, does makes cruising a comparatively very safe vacation choice statistically speaking.
Meanwhile, travel columnist Chris Elliott is a friend of ours who asks what can be done to solve the man-overboard problem: "What would you do to prevent people from falling off ships? Cut back on alcohol? Install better rails? Keep people off the balconies?" If you have an idea, let Chris know.
Although such incidents are rare, especially compared to the millions of cruise passengers who sail annually, the Toledo woman's disappearance is not without precedent. In the summer of 2005, newlywed "missing honeymooner" George Smith IV vanished from a Royal Caribbean ship sailing the Mediterranean Sea. In May, another Ohioan, Daniel DiPiero, 21, fell off a Royal Caribbean ship in the Bahamas after a night of drinking. In the latter case ship security cameras recorded his fall.
The International Council of Cruise Lines reported earlier this year that 24 passengers have gone missing since 2003, which while 24 too many, does makes cruising a comparatively very safe vacation choice statistically speaking.
Meanwhile, travel columnist Chris Elliott is a friend of ours who asks what can be done to solve the man-overboard problem: "What would you do to prevent people from falling off ships? Cut back on alcohol? Install better rails? Keep people off the balconies?" If you have an idea, let Chris know.
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