Ernesto Guzman
Airforce Cadet Dives Overboard To Save Damsel In Distress
Princess Cruise Lines - Grand Princess - March 25, 2007
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This is the second time this month passengers have fallen overboard. The other case is here.
UPDATE: APRIL 2, 2007
A Cruise Bruise visitor tells a different story. The Cruise Bruise visitor says he was on this cruise. The visitors says the Cruise Bruise representation of the incident is inaccurate.
Rob Jones says, "Forget the saving and survival garbage, I just got home yesterday from that sailing. I'm offended that you guys label him a hero. He's a punk cadet that will not represent our country well in the Air Force."
Jones says that during the balance of the cruise, everyone was talking about the incident, and the story unfolded quite differently than earlier thought. The story was, Guzman was not acting in a manner that would have been considered honorable.
Jones tells us according to onboard reports, " They were drunk and having sex on the railing of their room. They had met earlier in the day, partied that night, got kicked out of the on-board nightclub and resumed in their rooms. That's when they went overboard and why he was naked in the water."
This version is also alluded to in a passenger video at You Tube, the poster says, "March 24, 2007 as the Grand Princess was leaving Galveston, Texas. A few hours later a couple, doing who knows what, fell overboard. If you look closely you might see the cabin where the tryst took place"
A tryst is defined as: "a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)"
This contradicts another story circulating on ABC news. That report says that they were both fooling around on the balcony and they decided they wanted to lean over and pretend they were in that movie 'The Titanic'. The term "fooling around" could mean many things, however.
UPDATE: APRIL 4, 2007
Another passenger onboard this cruise, a travel agent staying in a cabin several decks above the deck where the incident took place, confirms that the couple were involved in a lover's tryst when the accident took place.
Sandy Darley says, she looked over her balcony and saw the couple going at it. She snapped a picture of the two, she says, so the flash would go off, and let them know other passengers could see what they were doing.
Darley says the flash didn't go off, so she went back into her cabin to check the camera. Right after that, she says she heard a crash, followed by shouts for the woman, who she later learned had gone overboard.
Her photo documented the time the two went overboard, and she rushed to relay that information to the ship's officers so they could pinpoint exactly where the couple went overboard.
While the couple is seeking privacy after the incident, Darley confirms they were not seeking enough of it before, and it contributed to the incident.
As a result of the two confirmed reports, we have changed the case information on page 1.
UPDATE: APRIL 6, 2007
The Air Force Academy is doing an investigation into the actions of Guzman, and will decide if he violated their policy.
According to policy each possible Honor Code violation is thoroughly investigated on the premise that the accused cadet is honorable until a sufficient amount of reasonable evidence shows otherwise. The primary sanction for code violations is dismissal from the Academy.
The Cadet Honor Code is as follows:
"We will not lie, steal, or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does. Furthermore, I resolve to do my duty and live honorably, so help me God."
The question will be, did Guzman lie when he said they were pretending to do a re-enactment from the film Titantic, given a travel agent has a photo that says differently.
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