Another person dies on Royal Caribbean Atlantis cruise

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• Companies have ‘strict zero tolerance policy’ towards onboard drugs
• Details emerge after a Chicago man dies on the world’s biggest gay cruise
• U.S. Coast Guard ends search for Louisiana teen who went overboard in the Bahamas
• How climate disasters hurt mental health in young people
• 'Storm Chasers' Star Joel Taylor Died of Overdose Caused by Deadly Mix of Drugs, Authorities Reveal
• Mich. Democrats spar over LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes law

Cruise ships typically use this code to signify that someone needs life-saving medical assistance. If accurate, the frequency of such alerts would suggest multiple medical emergencies during the cruise, although the nature and severity of these incidents remain unclear. It is also not the first time that a passenger has died on an Atlantis Events chartered cruise, with four such cases confirmed in recent years.

Companies have ‘strict zero tolerance policy’ towards onboard drugs

On Thursday, we received an email from a reader pointing the the Twitter/X account of James (Jim) Walker @CruiseLaw. One of his most recent posts claims that there was a death on board the Atlantis Events charter of the Oasis of the Seas. The publication "has confirmed the death with Atlantis Events. While a representative said the death was 'nothing out of the ordinary,' they referred�The Advocate�to Royal Caribbean for comment on cause of death." "U.S. Coast Guard District Seven deployed multiple search and rescue assets in response to an agency assistance request from our partners in the Royal Bahamas Defence Force," said Lt. Commander Matthew Spado, Coast Guard liaison officer to the Bahamas. "Our Coast Guard command center and aircrews based in Miami supported RBDF search and rescue efforts since the initial report Wednesday evening, and continued through Friday evening."

Details emerge after a Chicago man dies on the world’s biggest gay cruise

Cruise Law News, a blog that covers the cruise industry, reports at least five deaths in the past decade on Atlantis Events charters. The original video has been deleted but was reposted by another user on Sunday, though it was unclear when the passenger died. Larson was not immediately available for an interview and the Royal Caribbean spokesperson did not share any details about the passenger's identity. Multiple reports have stated that soon after the man jumped overboard, crew members collected guests at muster stations -- places on a ship where passengers assemble during emergencies -- to conduct a roll call in an effort to identify the man. "A guest sailing on board Serenade of the Seas has sadly passed away," a Royal Caribbean spokesperson said in a statement. A newspaper in the Cayman Islands is reporting that a 37 year old passenger aboard Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas died during an Atlantis sponsored cruise.

U.S. Coast Guard ends search for Louisiana teen who went overboard in the Bahamas

The 274-night cruise — Royal Caribbean’s longest available — stops in 65 countries and the ship can hold up to 2,476 guests. “I was coming to my room when they were taking the body out so very, very sad for me because I was there to watch,” Adita said from her cabin inside the massive cruise ship. We will always remember him fondly as an incredible meteorologist and driver of ‘The Dominator.’ Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this difficult time,” the Discovery Channel said in a statement about Taylor’s passing. In the 2022 case, The Advocate reported a death aboard the Oasis of the Seas during Atlantis Events’ 30th Anniversary Cruise.

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Coast Guard in San Juan, Puerto Rico was notified today in the afternoon by the Royal Caribbean Harmony of the Seas cruise ship that they had a death on board,” Ricardo Castrodad, public affairs officer for the Coast Guard’s San Juan sector, tells to PEOPLE. In November, two people reportedly died while aboard an Atlantis cruise. A spokesperson for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines confirmed the death in a statement to The Advocate. Michigan Democrats have advanced several key LGBTQ rights priorities since they took unified control of the legislature in 2023. A long-stalled comprehensive anti-discrimination law was passed last year, as did a conversion therapy ban. Last month the legislature updated family law to make surrogacy easier for all couples, including same-sex couples.

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According to Cruise Law News, he may have left a suicide note before jumping into the water. Royal Caribbean did not immediately respond to a Post request for more information on the death. But the cruise line did confirm that a passenger died in a statement to People. For months, Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise has captivated the public like a social media reality show, with reports on storms, coronavirus outbreaks, canceled port calls and interpersonal drama.

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One creator went so far as to make an "Ultimate World Cruise Bingo card" predicting events that could unfold, including "minor mystery to solve," "stowaway," "2nd COVID outbreak" and "staff dates passenger." Johnny Faevelen, the captain of the Harmony of the Seas, shared several photos of him and Newton-John with her husband John Easterling. “She has performed a great concert onboard the Harmony last night,” he tweeted on Wednesday morning. The source commended the onboard medical team of Atlantis Events for their professionalism.

Serenade of the Seas boasts 13 decks and 1,073 guest rooms, and it can accommodate over 2,100 guests. The itinerary that Atlantis Events posted to its website notes the ship was scheduled to arrive in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 7 a.m. Storm Chasers was filmed each year in the area known as Tornado Alley due to the frequency and severity of tornadoes occurring there in the central part of the U.S. Several teams of storm chasers appeared in the series and Taylor joined the cast in early 2008 as part of the team from the website TornadoVideos.Net (TVN) that was led by Timmer. “We chased so many intense storms, and I wish we could have just one more storm chase. We lost a legend,” added Timmer, who attended the University of Oklahoma with Taylor, who studied meteorology.

The ship crossed through Mexico, the Caribbean, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador on its South America leg in January. On Sunday, the Asia Pacific leg of the voyage began; the ship will pass through Hawaii, Polynesia and Australia. From there, it will continue to other major destinations, including South Korea, Japan, India, the United Arab Emirates and Greece. Details about the passenger and the circumstances of the death were not disclosed. The 160-destination voyage departed Miami on Dec. 10, 2023, and has traveled through multiple parts of the Americas, including Brazil, Argentina and Peru, on its first leg.

Previously, we reported on the death of another passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean – Atlantis cruise in October 2009. Spencer Yu, an attorney for Warner Brothers and a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ("GLAAD"), died on the Mariner of the Seas. There is speculation that Mr. Yu, also a young man of  only 46 years, may have died of a drug overdose during the cruise. In 2010, a 37-year-old passenger aboard the Liberty of the Seas, chartered by Atlantis to the Cayman Islands, also died. At the time, local police issued a statement that there appeared to be "no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death."

The legislature did manage to pass an “institutional desecration” law last year that penalizes hate-motivated vandalism to churches, schools, museums, and community centers, and is LGBTQ-inclusive. That bill has since stalled in a house committee, in part because the Democrats lost their house majority last November, when two Democratic representatives resigned after being elected mayors. The Democrats regained their house majority last night by winning two special elections. The administration’s new policy also reverses some Trump-era Title IX rules governing how schools must respond to reports of sexual harassment and sexual assault, which were widely seen as imbalanced in favor of the accused. While the new rule does not provide guidance on whether schools must allow transgender students to play on sports teams corresponding with their gender identity to comply with Title IX, the question is addressed in a separate rule proposed by the agency in April.

The ship was chartered by Atlantis for a seven-day trip along the Mexican Riviera. Unfortunately, this is not the only time a passenger died during an Atlantis Events cruise. Spencer Aronfeld, an attorney who sues cruise lines and posts cruise content on TikTok, recorded a video about the death. The sister’s handle is Impossiblelaw292 and the person that first started talking about this on socials was a lawyer. Also on Reddit, we can see Impossiblelaw292 is stating that she is the brother of the man who allegedly died onboard. The cruise, on the Oasis of the Seas with some 4,700 onboard, received much attention recently when the New York Times ran a story about the cruise that suggested it had the potential of being a super-spreader event.