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PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) – A Wisconsin woman had to abandon ship when the ferry she and other passengers of a Royal Caribbean cruise were taking started sinking in the Bahamas.
Another passenger, an unidentified 74-year-old woman from Colorado, died following the sinking, according to Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.
The boat was supposed to take Kelly Schissel, her husband Chad, and other tourists from the main island to Blue Lagoon Island on Tuesday, but it instead started to sink halfway there.
The excursion is an optional ride for cruise passengers they can take separately from the main ship.
“You never think it’s going to happen to you until it does,” Schissel said. “You can see that our boat is actually getting pulled into the water.”
She took videos on her phone as the ferry started to tip over.
Schissel said the ferry staff was not helpful and should’ve been more prepared to …
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