24 Year Old Passenger Falls to His Death on the Celebrity Equinox
Multiple sources are reporting that a U.S. passenger fell from an upper balcony to his death while cruising aboard the Celebrity Equinox in the Mediterranean Sea.
The incident occurred on September 26th while the Equinox was sailing toward the port of Kusadasi Turkey.
I first learned of the incident today while reading cruise expert Professor Ross Klein's blog, which contains an account from a cruise passenger that: " . . . a man of age 25ish jumped from the 11th floor and died. Do you know any thing about this as it has been kept very much in the dark as we were on the side of the ship from where he jumped. Some say he had a disagreement with his girlfriend and some say he was sleep walking.
The account states that the passenger " . . . hit the life boat metal rigging gear, it took about 30 mins to get to him but was dead at the scene."
A newspaper in Turkey states that the passenger was allegedly sleepwalking when he went overboard around 3:00 AM. The cruise ship then arrived in Kusadasi around 8:00 AM. After an investigation by Turkish police, the cruise ship sailed on to Rhodes Greece as part of its regular itinerary.
Some real conflicting stories, it seems?
Another quick investigation by the Turkish police? Were these the same police in Turkey which conducted the quick investigation into George Smith's disappearance during his honeymoon?
Were you on the cruise? Do you have information which may shed light on this case? Please leave a comment below.
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Jim Walker is a maritime attorney who has attended seven Congressional hearing on issues of cruise ship crime, passenger disappearances,
It was sleepwalking. FBI came on for a while to do a thorough investigation, and did so very discreetly. He was sharing a room with his twin sister, no girlfriend, no suicide. Everything was handled and responded to very well by the medical staff onboard, unfortunately there was nothing that could be done.
The young man who died was Brendon Armstrong. He and his family are from Walnut Creek California. His obituary can can be found at :
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/contracostatimes/obituary.aspx?n=brendon-armstrong&pid=154088879
My son was one of his best friends.
To give you a peak of what this young man was about he and my son choose to go to Canada after high school graduation to fish for salmon instead of going to a Mexican resort as was traditional.
He had a tremendous love of nature.
He was a triplet not a twin