Bring_Back_Buggy_Whips@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCruise passenger, 80, found dead after being abandoned on Great Barrier Reef island - ABC Newsabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down11
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·22 hours agoThat seems the most likely: “Mum felt ill on the hill climb. She was asked to head down, unescorted. Then the ship left” She fell on the trail headed back. Sending an 80 year old, who felt ill, back unescorted was a failure in duty and comprehension. In fact, take the age out of it, sending anyone who feels ill back unescorted is a failure in duty and comprehension.
minus-squarebrem@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 hours agoDying at 80 is a privilege, let’s just hope it wasn’t painful.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoMy guess is, falling to death off a trail on a place called “Lizard Island” was likely pretty awful.
That seems the most likely:
“Mum felt ill on the hill climb. She was asked to head down, unescorted. Then the ship left”
She fell on the trail headed back. Sending an 80 year old, who felt ill, back unescorted was a failure in duty and comprehension.
In fact, take the age out of it, sending anyone who feels ill back unescorted is a failure in duty and comprehension.
Dying at 80 is a privilege, let’s just hope it wasn’t painful.
My guess is, falling to death off a trail on a place called “Lizard Island” was likely pretty awful.