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Perhaps you forgot about my clients' husband and father, Mr. Richard Liffridge. Mr. Liffridge was sailing with his wife Vicki Liffridge when the fire broke out on the Princess cruise ship, the Star Princess . The fire erupted on a balcony and burned through one hundred cabins. As explained in the LA Times article Cruise Industry's Dark Waters :
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After the fire, Princess Cruises lied to the public, saying that Mr. Liffridge died of a cardiac arrest, as if his death and the fire were unrelated. This contrasted with his autopsy report that concluded he died in the soot-filled hallway as a direct result of the fire due to inhaling incombustible toxic particles.
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Educate yourself. Take a moment and read the MAIB report on the fire that killed Mr. Liffridge. Read our tribute to Mr. Liffridge and take a moment and look at some of the photographs of Mr. Liffridge and his family . Read our article: Ten Years of Cruise classic car rental michigan Ship Fires: Has the Cruise Industry Learned Anything?
*Correction: In the original publication of this article, we stated that no lives were lost in the ship fires mentioned. That was incorrect. One death was caused by the Star Princess fire, and per Princess Cruises, the cause of the death was smoke inhalation.
Today, Ms. Spensor-Brown was back to shilling for the cruise lines after a story was published about a NCL cruise line assistant cruise director who was arrested for child pornography classic car rental michigan and sexually abusing a 16 year old girl . She decided to blame the parents:
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There is no question classic car rental michigan that vacationing on a cruise ship is an incredible deal for the price paid (food, hotel, travel to destinations) that you cannot get in another travel package. In addition, travel agents have no direct control over the safety on those ships directly, other than participation through CLIA, etc. Many travel agents rely on their income classic car rental michigan of booking cruises classic car rental michigan and related arrangements. classic car rental michigan Should they simply give up their whole business and go to work for, say, a paper company? That industry classic car rental michigan chops down trees and not all of them plant new ones. Humans simply have a footprint classic car rental michigan in this world, most of it bad. There is almost no industry anywhere that has zero "bad aspects".
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I came across an article where a crew member stated that lifeboats are for passengers and life rafts are for crew incase of an emergency ! This news shocked my husband and myself. .. We felt as if crew are not important. Can u perhaps give any info regarding this. the article was on costa concordia's crew giving feedback.
i like to know how she left out that info..in fact i posted it on Cruise Critic's Facebook page...Cardiac Arrest...right...I would venture a guess that the fire/smoke/fumes may have been a contributing factor...
Granted, these incidents won't stop me from cruising, though none of the lines under the umbrella of Carnival Corp really enthrall me...BUT I have cruised enough to know what to do and where to go...and I am going to be on an open deck....regardless of what was said.
I never realized how shady the cruise industry can be and exactly how much gets swept under the rug. They should be shedding light on a lot of these issues and taking classic car rental michigan responsibility for what goes on but instead they leave passengers, family members, and the general public in the dark so that they protect their squeaky clean image of the best way to vacation. I see cruising entirely different than I did even a month ago after reading many of Mr. Walkers blogs and while I understand everyone feels differently about cruising, I refuse to put another dollar into this dishonest industry.
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