I am a bit late with Friday’s blog because I didn’t know
what was the best thing to do– our day was perfect, but it was so sad last
night for another passenger and his family that I couldn’t even begin to
explain last night, and went to bed instead. I didn’t know if I should write about it either,
but today I think it would be wrong not to – it’s what happened. We have heard the message from the bridge once
before “Code Alpha”, once it was for a cabin on the deck above us, and another
passenger said it meant a serious medical emergency. On that occasion we heard
afterwards that someone had died.
Last night the lights went up in the theatre, a message came over the system “Code Alpha Palladium Port Side”, there was a kind of crash team response, followed by one of the entertainment team coming onto the stage and instructing everyone to leave the theatre. Someone had collapsed in the theatre and suddenly everything changed. The person was covered up with a blue blanket and everyone left completely silently. That feeling of shock and gripping guts followed, then worry about whom it could be, how will their family be told and deal with it, thank goodness we are sailing really near the Australia coastline, how unlucky, did the "kind of crash team" have everything they needed, did everyone do the right thing, and after all that reflection, viewing it from my own experience and reference points, and so many mixed feelings including “don’t take a moment for granted”
Last night the lights went up in the theatre, a message came over the system “Code Alpha Palladium Port Side”, there was a kind of crash team response, followed by one of the entertainment team coming onto the stage and instructing everyone to leave the theatre. Someone had collapsed in the theatre and suddenly everything changed. The person was covered up with a blue blanket and everyone left completely silently. That feeling of shock and gripping guts followed, then worry about whom it could be, how will their family be told and deal with it, thank goodness we are sailing really near the Australia coastline, how unlucky, did the "kind of crash team" have everything they needed, did everyone do the right thing, and after all that reflection, viewing it from my own experience and reference points, and so many mixed feelings including “don’t take a moment for granted”
So I will come back later for a look at the other day’s
events xxx
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