Anonymous ID: 1511f2 May 22, 2022, 4:43 a.m. No.16321056   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Houston woman lost in Alaskan waters after going overboard from cruise ship

KHOU 11 Staff - Yesterday 1:16 PM

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/houston-woman-lost-in-alaskan-waters-after-going-overboard-from-cruise-ship/ar-AAXz8Tk?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=43da3a50a88e4850b3c6d3b918919375

 

The search for a woman from Houston has been suspended in Alaskan waters four days after she went overboard from a cruise ship, authorities said.

 

Selena Pau Pres, 40, fell from the Celebrity Solstice on Tuesday in Lynn Canal, approximately 20 miles northwest of Juneau, according to the U.S.Coast Guard.

 

"Despite our best efforts to locate the individual, it is with heavy hearts that we make the decision to suspend the search," said Coast Guard Lt.j.g. Trevor Layman, a Sector Juneau Command Center duty officer, said in a statement. "The decision to suspend active searching is based on a number of factors including weather, sea state, water temperature and other variables."

 

Pres fell overboard around 3 a.m. Tuesday as the ship was near Eldred Rock, the ship's captain told authorities.

 

Crews covered 68 square nautical miles and more than nine hours of searching before stopping their efforts, officials said.

 

The Alaska State Troopers' Alaska Bureau of Investigation is conducting a death investigation related to the incident.

 

The air temperature in Juneau was 51 degrees on Tuesday afternoon, and the National Weather Service said the water temperature was 41 degrees, the Associated Press reported.

 

KHOU has reached out to Celebrity Cruises, the ship's operator, for comment.

 

The area where Pres fell is known as the Inside Passage, a historic north and south route that cruise ships and Alaska state ferries follow through the waters of southeast Alaska and British Columbia.

Anonymous ID: 1511f2 May 22, 2022, 4:45 a.m. No.16321063   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Families of Americans who died mysteriously at Bahamas resort order second autopsy

Postmedia News - Friday

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/families-of-americans-who-died-mysteriously-at-bahamas-resort-order-second-autopsy/ar-AAXxk92?ocid=uxbndlbing

 

The families of the three Americans who died at a luxury resort in the Bahamas are demanding answers, including a new, independent autopsy, according to reports.

 

The Americans died at a Sandals resort and autopsies done by authorities in the Bahamas were not enough, according to the families, the New York Post reported.

 

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Michael Darville confirmed the familiesโ€™ request in an interview with Eyewitness News and said the Bahamian government hopes to โ€œget to the bottomโ€ of the causes of death as soon as possible while the investigation continues and the families await the results of the first autopsy.

 

Michael Phillips, 68, his wife, Robbie, 65, and Vincent Chiarella, who was staying in a separate villa with his wife, Donnis, who remains hospitalized in Florida โ€” were found unresponsive in their rooms on May 6 after allegedly seeking medical help after feeling ill the night before.

 

None of the three showed any type of trauma, but they showed signs of convulsions, according to the Royal Bahamian Police.

 

Foul play is not suspected, according to the Post.