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Did anyone hear about some guy stolling away on a ship?

Did anyone hear about some guy stolling away on a ship?

Old Mar 19th, 2003, 06:35 AM
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Did anyone hear about some guy stolling away on a ship?

someone told me that she saw on the news that some guy got on a ship (she thought NCL) in St. Martin with out being a guest and that they had pulled away before anyone noticed he was on board. Is this true? if it is it is a scary thought
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Old Mar 19th, 2003, 06:59 AM
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It's even scarier for me because I don't know what a stoll is.Good Lord he might have stolled everyone to death !!
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Old Mar 19th, 2003, 07:07 AM
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getting on the ship without actually being a guest of the ship
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Old Mar 20th, 2003, 04:27 AM
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I believe the word you are looking for is stowaway. No such term as "stolling away". Stollen is a tasty pastry though, and one I've enjoyed on cruise ships!
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Old Mar 22nd, 2003, 07:53 PM
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Ships now seem to have a requirement to use a boarding card (like a credit card), which must be placed in a mace to be read when you board. Many of the ships have associated a digital photo with that card, so someone who obtained a card is unlikely to look the same. If someone were to be able to bypass that security, and board, it would be difficult to know that they were not supposed to be on board. I have difficulty with how they might be discovered. Any ideas?
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Old Mar 22nd, 2003, 09:34 PM
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I saw that story on TV. It was on Royal Caribbean - Adventure of the Seas. The stowaway is a Canadian youth in his early 20's from Toronto.

If you watch the show there's always 2 side to a story on how he died onboard the ship.

RCI is keeping a tight lip on the story.
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Old Mar 23rd, 2003, 03:56 AM
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I saw an article on this not too long ago. The mother of the guy was filing a law suite, do to the cause of death being questionable.
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Old Mar 23rd, 2003, 04:26 AM
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Here is a link on this subject.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/cruise/index.html
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Old Mar 27th, 2003, 06:36 PM
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Thank you, that artical was interesting, and disturbing.
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Old Mar 28th, 2003, 07:50 AM
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This story was aired on CBC tv in Canada a few weeks ago on a program I think was called W5. They did show a video of the chap boarding with another person and the unidentified person he was with swiped a card going through security but he didn't
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Old Mar 28th, 2003, 01:09 PM
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I wish I had of watched that show. Usually the only good thing on the CBC is "This Hour has 22 Minutes"
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Old Mar 28th, 2003, 01:12 PM
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The mother's filing a law suit.....that's typical of todays mentality.The root cause of the situation is he knowingly boarded the ship illegally,he doesn't do that and the story doesn't happen.Of course if he stayed in St. Martin he could of been hit by a cab and they could've sued the cab driver.Jeeezzzz !
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I didnt see the show but I read the story.Sounds to me like there was more than meets the eye.All around the block.And we will never know the true story.
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