Unfortunately it is starting to become common of American tourists either being killed or found dead overseas. With many American traveling aboard, authorities urge travelers to be careful as you never know what can transpire. It has been reported that two American men have been found dead aboard a cruise ship.
According to FOX News Latino, two American tourists aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship "Anthem of the Seas" were found dead Wednesday afternoon, after it docked at Old San Juan Pier.
The site reports that the men were identified as Joseph M. Ambrussi, a 62-year-old retiree, and William Alan Forsytte, 55, a pharmacist. Both were traveling with their respective wives and planned to stay in hotels in Puerto Rico.
Media outlet El Nuevo Dia reported that one of them died while the ship was at sea and that the other passed away once the ship had arrived at port.
Authorities share that the bodies showed no signs of violence and seemingly had died from natural causes.
The discovery of the bodies came on the same day Puerto Rico was celebrating a new record of tourist arrivals in a single day, with a total of 24,117 passengers coming from six cruises.
The ships that docked Wednesday were the Carnival Glory, Carnival Magic, Anthem of the Seas, Navigator of the Seas, Norwegian Breakaway and the Balmoral.
The executive director of Puerto Rico's Port Authority, Ingrid Colberg Rodríguez, told El Nuevo Dia the increase in cruise ship traffic is due to significant renovations made to the island's docks by the administration of Alejandro García Padilla. Specifically, she said, due to improvements to Pier 3, which cost $10.5 million.
"The restoration of the confidence in the cruise industry has been key in the process of stabilizing the finances of the authority and for the economic development of Puerto Rico," she said.
At this time there is no word on any further investigations underway in light of the two deaths.
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