On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:55:08 -0500, (franvd) wrote:
My brother-in-law, Lee, was on a flight to San Diego last night. He
sat next to some people who were going on a cruise to Hawaii on Holland
America.
I don't recall if he said they were supposed to board the ship tonight
or tomorrow, but the people will be delayed by a day.
They told Lee that the cruise line was paying for their hotel stay in
San Diego, because Holland America was involved in a search and rescue
operation.
Lee said they didn't have any details as to where this seach was, or if
it involved a passenger, or someone on another boat, or what happened.
Has anybody heard anything about this?


Yes, a crew member fell overboard on HAL's Amsterdam and is still
missing:

http://www.cruisejunkie.com/events.html


February 19
Amsterdam
Holland America Line A 30 year old crew member (galley worker)
apparently fell overboard early Friday about 1100 miles northeast of
Hilo. The ship was assisted by the Coast Guard in a search, which was
called off mid-day on Saturday. The ship is now en route to San Diego
and will arrive one day later than scheduled.




Carnival Tropicale 1982
NCL Dawn 2004
HAL Noordam 2004
HAL Rotterdam 2005
NCL Dawn 2006

Baltic Cruising 2005: http://www.hwired.com/baltic/index.html