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Cruise Passenger: ‘Up Until I Got Shot I Was Having a Great Time’Steve Storton is one hardcore cruiser. He was shot during a port call on the island of Margarita in Venezuela, “then was rushed to hospital, where docs put him in a wheelchair and x-rayed him three times before discharging him two hours later with just painkillers,” according to The Sun. He was having so great of a time that he then climbed back aboard the P&O cruise ship Oceana and completed the last five days of his trip. He spent those days popping the painkillers, walking around the ship’s deck and eating in the ship’s restaurant with his wife, writes the Western Mail. British tabloids have some bloody photos and, buried in their stories, sad news from the scene: One policeman was killed while tracking down Storton’s assailant. (via USA Today)
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COMMENTSthanks for information. By muztagh on 2.8.08 at 03:45 AM
Popping painkillers, walking the decks and over eating. Sounds exactly like my one and only cruise ship experience. By on 2.10.08 at 11:45 AM
Oh… you REALLY have to love the cruise to go back after being shot… or the painkillers are too strong. By Uri on 8.25.08 at 12:18 PM
oh, my. I suppose that letting him back on and enjoy himself lessens the cruise lines chances of a lawsuit, but, seriously… i hope he had a doctor close by at all times… By Miami admiralty law firm on 9.16.08 at 01:28 PM
yea, those painkillers gotta be some good stuff to make you forget a gunshot wound By lauren on 10.4.08 at 05:50 PM
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