Paradise Rescue

[JillySue]

Just saw this:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/travel/carnival-cruise-rescues-stranded-cubans-irpt/index.html?hpt=hp_bn10

[Jeafl]

Very interesting. It's nice to see Carnival in the news for something positive for a change.

[grandmacani]

On one of our cruises on the Victory the ship did a double back to a small craft of Haitians who'd been without fuel or water for days. They were searched and kept securely safe until the coastguard arrived the next day. It looked like 7-8 but when they unloaded there were 20 with a young pregnant lady. This was just after 911 and people were nervous about this. Many of the passengers acted like they were going to be walking hallways, seeing shows... I understand but it seemed that carnival had taken all precautions. It would have been very hard to pass up people in need. But that's me.