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Dominican Republic investigates death of tourist forgotten at sea during excursion at Jellyfish Beach

<p>An American tourist, Richard Jorene, died during a catamaran excursion in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, after being left forgotten at sea during a snorkeling activity. The 67-year-old woman was found lifeless near Jellyfish Beach in the tourist area of Bávaro. Local media reported that the...
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That was an actual movie. Couple were diving, came up and boat was gone. Horrible way to go
 
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El Hijo de Manolo said:
That was an actual movie. Couple were diving, came up and boat was gone. Horrible way to go
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Open Water (2003) - IMDb

Open Water: Directed by Chris Kentis. With Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Saul Stein, Michael E. Williamson. Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left.
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Open Water Great movie.............
 
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Open Water is that movie.
It's a lack of professionality, a captain and 2 guys to ride the boat, make a list how many tourist are on board AND go into the water? And howmany come out...
 
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Pikobello said:
Open Water is that movie.
It's a lack of professionality, a captain and 2 guys to ride the boat, make a list how many tourist are on board AND go into the water? And howmany come out...
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If you saw the movie which I doubt you did you would see how the confusion occurred. It was because of one of the passengers actually. They were counting.............
 
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If you saw the movie which I doubt you did you would see how the confusion occurred. It was because of one of the passengers actually. They were counting.............
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Yes I saw it, in my memories they are counting the people that going in the water, but they never counted if all passengers are on board before leaving the place,
 
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I am convinced some Dominicans simply CAN NOT COUNT .. so they try to FAKE it , in this case probably by looking at the Faces... ... anyone who can count to 25 and actually write down the Number , would not make this idiotic Mistake.
The Real Problem is there is no BUDDY SYSTEM on these Snorkeling Excursions, like in Scuba Diving .
Still not foolproof ( like in that Movie ) , but she would have stood a chance then .
67 , Alone, Cold and Hypothermia setting in . Horrible .
 
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Gosh what a way to go. Even if she saw the boat leaving I don't suppose they would have heard her with the noise of the engines.
 
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So the company isn't responsable. It's their boat. They hired the staff. They put the procedures in place. It happened doing the activity they provide as service. Strange.
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You have to have money to run a boat company and buy those boats, so this is probably someone with one of those nice last names. Cannot be held responsible, nothing to see here, move on, move on.
 
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No doubt the person was left behind and died. A few questions remain of what did he die of? It is unlikely that he drowned as he had a life jacket and a mask and snorkel. The area they snorkel is not that far off shore, thus swimmable if you have to. I suspect heart failure or he got hit by the boat as they departed. Just the same, a very irresponsible and unprofessional crew who should be punished accordingly.
 
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PCMike said:
No doubt the person was left behind and died. A few questions remain of what did he die of? It is unlikely that he drowned as he had a life jacket and a mask and snorkel. The area they snorkel is not that far off shore, thus swimmable if you have to. I suspect heart failure or he got hit by the boat as they departed. Just the same, a very irresponsible and unprofessional crew who should be punished accordingly.
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I thought about that. Snorkeling is typically not done very far from the shore. If in that situation you immediately took the decision to swim to shore maybe you would have a chance.
 
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This is the true story behind the movie of the two people. Only 11 minutes and well worth watching......
 
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keepcoming said:
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Dominican Republic investigates death of tourist forgotten at sea during excursion at Jellyfish Beach

<p>An American tourist, Richard Jorene, died during a catamaran excursion in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, after being left forgotten at sea during a snorkeling activity. The 67-year-old woman was found lifeless near Jellyfish Beach in the tourist area of Bávaro. Local media reported that the...
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You would think somebody on the boat to include other guests would have sensed a person short. This is horrible.

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