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Passenger with dementia went missing in Cozumel

Edmond Bradley Solomon III, a 66-year-old South Carolina resident, was missing on the 'Icon of the Seas' in the port of Cozumel on April 3, 2024. The former VA critical care nurse had disappeared minutes after getting off the ship. Solomon was recently diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. Solomon and his wife Mimi disembarked from the ship around 1:30 p.m. and stopped for a restroom break before leaving the terminal, where he disappeared. Solomon was reported missing just after 8 p.m., and a search and rescue operation was launched at 9 p.m. During the search, local police received a call from a taxi driver who claimed to have picked up a tourist matching Solomon’s description at around 2:30 p.m. and was asked to drop the American off at a road with beach access. Solomon had paid for the ride using his watch because he claimed he didn’t have any money. The search focused on the vicinity of Isla de la Pasión and all the beaches and businesses in the northern hotel zone were visited, without success. The couple had boarded the 'Icon of the Seas' on March 30 in Miami, Florida and made stops in Costa Maya, Mexico and Roatan, Honduras before docking in Cozumel around 8 a.m. Report with photo and video: https://nypost.com/2024/04/07/us-news/royal-caribbean-passenger-edmond-solomon-missing-in-mexico-vacation/

14 migrants rescued after eight days

The 'Icon of the Seas' has rescued 14 people from a precarious boat in the Caribbean between Cozumel and western Cuba on March 3, 2024, at around 3:00 p.m. The crew detected a point in the open sea, which was an inflatable boat that had 14 people aboard, who had been adrift for eight days. The boat turned around, and the cruise ship pulled up as close as it could to them and stopped. Then deployed a small zodiac-type rescue boat to investigate and took all migrants on board in several trips. The The crew provided them with medical attention, and was working closely with the U.S. Coast Guard. The migrants were dropped off in Roatan on March 4. Report with video: https://www.foxweather.com/lifestyle/cruise-ship-rescues-14-stranded-sea