The cruise line omitted the fact that Daniel and his friends drank little of the liquor they had brought onboard the ship, and that Daniel had in fact been served alcohol at one of the cruise ship bars. Daniel was served alcohol to a point where the bartender "cut him off."
Despite being cut off by a bartender in one of the cruise ship bars because of his obvious intoxication, Daniel was then able to go to another bar in the cruise ship and was served more liquor by the cruise ship. Despite being observed intoxicated to the point where the bartender felt he should not be served any further liquor, no further steps or precautionary measures were taken by the cruise line to assure the safety of Daniel. He was not escorted to his cabin. He was permitted to receive further alcohol in a different bar aboard the cruise ship, though clearly intoxicated to another bartender.
The U.S. Coast Guard called off the search at 2:45pm on May 17, 2006 having searched 900 square miles of sea. He remains missing.
The cost of the U. S. Coast Guard search:
- C-130 Hercules: $11,266 an hour for maintenance and fuel
- Falcon jet search and rescue plane: $8,849 an hour
- U.S. Coast Guard Cutter: $1,359 an hour.
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Daniel DiPiero
Missing Passenger On Cruise Ship - May 15, 2006
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Mariner of the Seas
