What are you talking about?!? You don't try to swim out of a rip current unless you want to tire yourself out and eventually drownhno:.
Yea swim....
I'll be more specific for those that don't know....
Swim parallel to the shore to escape the current, its easy if you know how to swim, if you don't know how to swim, stay out of the ocean
You're playing Russian roulette with your life if you travel down there.......
Oklahoma high school graduates fall ill during Dominican Republic trip, parent says
A graduation trip to the Dominican Republic for a group of Oklahoma teens took a turn earlier this month when part of the group became mysteriously ill during their stay in the Caribbean nation, where at least nine Americans have died while vacationing.
About 40 seniors, who just graduated from Deer Creek High School in Edmond, traveled to the Dominican Republic on June 8 to stay at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana, a parent told KOTV.
The all-inclusive resort is the same location where two Americans have died and others have gotten sick.
The group ate at a Japanese restaurant on the resort and at least five people became ill, Liz McLaughlin, whose daughter is sick, said.
“We just don’t know what is happening," she told news station. "Is it the water? Is it the ice? Is it the food? Is it the food handling? Is it the pesticides? We have no idea what’s going on."
Bennett Hill, a student who became sick on the trip, told KOCO that on their second day in the Dominican Republic, he woke up sweating, freezing and cramping.
"We've been hooked up to IVs since we first got here with antibiotics, just getting hydrated," he said, adding that six other graduates were also hospitalized for symptoms. "Anti-nausea medicine, all this stuff because we were just so dehydrated."
But according to the superintendent of Deer Creek Public Schools, most of the former students were fine and only those that ate at the restaurant became sick. As of Monday, most of those who traveled with the group were back in the U.S., according to The Oklahoman.
The popular Caribbean vacation destination has been grappling with a rash of deaths of U.S. tourists at various resorts. Families of the tourists said they were generally in good health.
Of the recent deaths that have become publicly known so far, Dominican investigators said five were caused by a heart attack. In the case of the other two — an engaged Maryland couple found dead on May 30 — a final report on the cause of death was pending.
The family of Jerry Curran, 78, from Bedford, Ohio, came forward last week to say their father passed away on Jan. 26, three days after arriving in the country with his wife.
“He went to the Dominican Republic healthy and he just never came back,” Curran’s daughter Kellie Brown told WKYC last week. “I thought something’s not right. My father was a healthy 78-year-old, he took care of himself and I just didn’t think anything like this was possible, but then I started to hear other people’s stories.”
A ninth person, identified as Joseph Allen, 55, of Avenel, New Jersey, was found dead on his hotel room floor on Thursday morning, according to local reports. The State Department confirmed to Fox News that another American died in the Dominican Republic, but they did not provide an identity.
In nearly all of them, officials said there were signs of pulmonary edema — a condition in which the lungs fill with fluid. The tourists ranged in age from 41 to 67.
The Dominican Ministry of Tourism has denounced what it has called an overreaction to what it characterized as coincidental.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/dominican-republic-oklahoma-high-school-fall-ill
A graduation trip to the Dominican Republic for a group of Oklahoma teens took a turn earlier this month when part of the group became mysteriously ill during their stay in the Caribbean nation, where at least nine Americans have died while vacationing.
About 40 seniors, who just graduated from Deer Creek High School in Edmond, traveled to the Dominican Republic on June 8 to stay at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana, a parent told KOTV.
The all-inclusive resort is the same location where two Americans have died and others have gotten sick.
The group ate at a Japanese restaurant on the resort and at least five people became ill, Liz McLaughlin, whose daughter is sick, said.
“We just don’t know what is happening," she told news station. "Is it the water? Is it the ice? Is it the food? Is it the food handling? Is it the pesticides? We have no idea what’s going on."
Bennett Hill, a student who became sick on the trip, told KOCO that on their second day in the Dominican Republic, he woke up sweating, freezing and cramping.
"We've been hooked up to IVs since we first got here with antibiotics, just getting hydrated," he said, adding that six other graduates were also hospitalized for symptoms. "Anti-nausea medicine, all this stuff because we were just so dehydrated."
But according to the superintendent of Deer Creek Public Schools, most of the former students were fine and only those that ate at the restaurant became sick. As of Monday, most of those who traveled with the group were back in the U.S., according to The Oklahoman.
The popular Caribbean vacation destination has been grappling with a rash of deaths of U.S. tourists at various resorts. Families of the tourists said they were generally in good health.
Of the recent deaths that have become publicly known so far, Dominican investigators said five were caused by a heart attack. In the case of the other two — an engaged Maryland couple found dead on May 30 — a final report on the cause of death was pending.
The family of Jerry Curran, 78, from Bedford, Ohio, came forward last week to say their father passed away on Jan. 26, three days after arriving in the country with his wife.
“He went to the Dominican Republic healthy and he just never came back,” Curran’s daughter Kellie Brown told WKYC last week. “I thought something’s not right. My father was a healthy 78-year-old, he took care of himself and I just didn’t think anything like this was possible, but then I started to hear other people’s stories.”
A ninth person, identified as Joseph Allen, 55, of Avenel, New Jersey, was found dead on his hotel room floor on Thursday morning, according to local reports. The State Department confirmed to Fox News that another American died in the Dominican Republic, but they did not provide an identity.
In nearly all of them, officials said there were signs of pulmonary edema — a condition in which the lungs fill with fluid. The tourists ranged in age from 41 to 67.
The Dominican Ministry of Tourism has denounced what it has called an overreaction to what it characterized as coincidental.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/dominican-republic-oklahoma-high-school-fall-ill
Dominican Republic tourist says flight was full of sick passengers
A Mississippi woman who went on a mother-daughter trip to the Dominican Republic says she fell ill — and, adding insult to injury, was stuck on a miserable return flight filled with passengers suffering from similar symptoms.
Tracy McCraw, of Madison, said she wasn’t the only one with flu-like symptoms on the plane home last month from her five-day trip to Punta Cana.
“It wasn’t like you usually go on a plane and you’re leaving and see other people sick on the plane,” McCraw, 49, told The Post. “There was one lady next to me who was all bundled up and I could tell she was sick. It was obvious.”
McCraw’s mystery illness marks the latest in a recent spate of terrifying cases on the island, including a group of Oklahoma teens who were rushed to the hospital on a senior trip in the same resort town.
She said she arrived at the Royalton Punta Cana resort on May 21 for a trip to celebrate her daughter’s high school graduation with a group of other moms and daughters.
But after the first day, the mom became sick with a 102-degree fever and a stomach ache. “It wasn’t like a stomach virus, and I’ve had the stomach virus and food poisoning before,” McCraw said.
McCraw opted to tough it out in her room and not visit the local hospital.
“I saw the hospital and it seemed like it would be worse if I had gone in there,” McCraw said.
She started to feel better on the final day of the vacation, but said she was upset to miss quality time with her daughter.
“It was just going to be a girls trip and it didn’t work out,” McCraw said.
Upon returning home, two other members of the group fell sick with the same symptoms. The mom said she still has “honestly no idea” what caused her own sickness.
Soon after she returned home, McCraw saw reports of the Maryland couple who were found dead at the Grand Bahia Principe hotel in La Romana, which is about 60 miles east of Punta Cana. Nathaniel Edward Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Day, 49, reportedly died of respiratory failure and pulmonary edema.
Miranda Schaupp-Werner, 41, of Pennsylvania, also died at the same resort on May 25 after drinking from the minibar in her room. Her cause of death was ruled a heart attack.
“I think there’s a bunch of issues going,” McCraw told The Post. “The United States is really good at taking care of us with their policies and food, and we go over there and they don’t.”
A rep for the Royalton Punta Cana resort didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...-says-flight-was-full-of-sick-passengers/amp/
A Mississippi woman who went on a mother-daughter trip to the Dominican Republic says she fell ill — and, adding insult to injury, was stuck on a miserable return flight filled with passengers suffering from similar symptoms.
Tracy McCraw, of Madison, said she wasn’t the only one with flu-like symptoms on the plane home last month from her five-day trip to Punta Cana.
“It wasn’t like you usually go on a plane and you’re leaving and see other people sick on the plane,” McCraw, 49, told The Post. “There was one lady next to me who was all bundled up and I could tell she was sick. It was obvious.”
McCraw’s mystery illness marks the latest in a recent spate of terrifying cases on the island, including a group of Oklahoma teens who were rushed to the hospital on a senior trip in the same resort town.
She said she arrived at the Royalton Punta Cana resort on May 21 for a trip to celebrate her daughter’s high school graduation with a group of other moms and daughters.
But after the first day, the mom became sick with a 102-degree fever and a stomach ache. “It wasn’t like a stomach virus, and I’ve had the stomach virus and food poisoning before,” McCraw said.
McCraw opted to tough it out in her room and not visit the local hospital.
“I saw the hospital and it seemed like it would be worse if I had gone in there,” McCraw said.
She started to feel better on the final day of the vacation, but said she was upset to miss quality time with her daughter.
“It was just going to be a girls trip and it didn’t work out,” McCraw said.
Upon returning home, two other members of the group fell sick with the same symptoms. The mom said she still has “honestly no idea” what caused her own sickness.
Soon after she returned home, McCraw saw reports of the Maryland couple who were found dead at the Grand Bahia Principe hotel in La Romana, which is about 60 miles east of Punta Cana. Nathaniel Edward Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Day, 49, reportedly died of respiratory failure and pulmonary edema.
Miranda Schaupp-Werner, 41, of Pennsylvania, also died at the same resort on May 25 after drinking from the minibar in her room. Her cause of death was ruled a heart attack.
“I think there’s a bunch of issues going,” McCraw told The Post. “The United States is really good at taking care of us with their policies and food, and we go over there and they don’t.”
A rep for the Royalton Punta Cana resort didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...-says-flight-was-full-of-sick-passengers/amp/
Brother of New Jersey man who was found dead in Dominican Republic hotel room: 'Something is off there'
The brother of a New Jersey man who was found dead last week in his resort hotel room in the Dominican Republic spoke out Wednesday on "Fox & Friends", cautioning Americans to reconsider their vacation plans in the Caribbean nation.
The State Department confirmed Joseph Allen's death to Fox News Tuesday after the 55-year-old was found unresponsive on his hotel room floor last week.
Allen, a native of Avenel in southern New Jersey, had reportedly complained about being hot at a pool and left to take a shower; he went to bed early and was found dead the next day.
Jason Allen said his brother was not concerned about the recent deaths or the shooting of David Ortiz before he left for the Terra Linda Resort with a group of friends.
Allen said he does not trust the Dominican authorities to provide the answers about how his brother died. He said an autopsy was performed Friday, but no "official report" has been provided to the family.
"We were told the body needed to be embalmed before my brother was transported back to the United States," he said.
Jason Allen said that Joseph's 23-year-old son was on his way to the Dominican Republic to spend Father's Day with his dad when he learned what happened. He said he does not believe anyone would have targeted his brother and said his brother never drank from the hotel room minibar.
Co-host Steve Doocy asked Allen whether he would advise people to vacation in the country given the unexplained deaths.
"Hold your horses... Something is off there and I think it needs to at the very least be looked into," he responded.
The popular Caribbean vacation destination has been grappling with a rash of deaths of U.S. tourists at various resorts. Families of the tourists said they were generally in good health.
In nearly all the recent deaths in the Dominican Republic, officials said there were signs of pulmonary edema -- a condition in which the lungs fill with fluid. The tourists ranged in age from 41 to 67.
The Dominican Ministry of Tourism has denounced what it has called an overreaction, characterizing the deaths as coincidental.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/brother-new-jersey-man-dominican-republic-reconsider-vacation
The brother of a New Jersey man who was found dead last week in his resort hotel room in the Dominican Republic spoke out Wednesday on "Fox & Friends", cautioning Americans to reconsider their vacation plans in the Caribbean nation.
The State Department confirmed Joseph Allen's death to Fox News Tuesday after the 55-year-old was found unresponsive on his hotel room floor last week.
Allen, a native of Avenel in southern New Jersey, had reportedly complained about being hot at a pool and left to take a shower; he went to bed early and was found dead the next day.
Jason Allen said his brother was not concerned about the recent deaths or the shooting of David Ortiz before he left for the Terra Linda Resort with a group of friends.
Allen said he does not trust the Dominican authorities to provide the answers about how his brother died. He said an autopsy was performed Friday, but no "official report" has been provided to the family.
"We were told the body needed to be embalmed before my brother was transported back to the United States," he said.
Jason Allen said that Joseph's 23-year-old son was on his way to the Dominican Republic to spend Father's Day with his dad when he learned what happened. He said he does not believe anyone would have targeted his brother and said his brother never drank from the hotel room minibar.
Co-host Steve Doocy asked Allen whether he would advise people to vacation in the country given the unexplained deaths.
"Hold your horses... Something is off there and I think it needs to at the very least be looked into," he responded.
The popular Caribbean vacation destination has been grappling with a rash of deaths of U.S. tourists at various resorts. Families of the tourists said they were generally in good health.
In nearly all the recent deaths in the Dominican Republic, officials said there were signs of pulmonary edema -- a condition in which the lungs fill with fluid. The tourists ranged in age from 41 to 67.
The Dominican Ministry of Tourism has denounced what it has called an overreaction, characterizing the deaths as coincidental.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/brother-new-jersey-man-dominican-republic-reconsider-vacation
'The Bachelor' star Melissa Rycroft falls sick during vacation in Dominican Republic
TV personality Melissa Rycroft has been ill since recently returning home from the Dominican Republic.
Sources told Page Six the former “Dancing With the Stars” and “The Bachelor” star has been battling a mysterious bug after vacationing with her family on the island that has been making headlines for sick visitors (some deathly so) in recent weeks.
A source described Rycroft as “really sick,” but while pals have been worried and buzzing about the former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader’s health, she seems to be taking it in stride and isn’t worried.
An insider told us she was at the Nickelodeon Resort in Punta Cana with her family and then fell ill.
Rycroft elaborated via a rep that she “has had major stomach issues since returning from the Dominican Republic.”
“She got an upset stomach on the second day of vacation, but it passed. Once they came home, she got severe cramping,” the rep said. “It has lasted for over a week, and she’s currently getting tested for possible parasites and any other infections. She’s assuming it’s something foodborne, but no one else in her family is ill.”
On Tuesday, Tracy McCraw, of Madison, Miss., told The Post that she was on a flight full of sick passengers on her way home from Punta Cana.
“It wasn’t like you usually go on a plane and you’re leaving and see other people sick on the plane. There was one lady next to me who was all bundled up, and I could tell she was sick. It was obvious.”
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/melissa-rycroft-falls-sick-during-vacation-dominican-republic
TV personality Melissa Rycroft has been ill since recently returning home from the Dominican Republic.
Sources told Page Six the former “Dancing With the Stars” and “The Bachelor” star has been battling a mysterious bug after vacationing with her family on the island that has been making headlines for sick visitors (some deathly so) in recent weeks.
A source described Rycroft as “really sick,” but while pals have been worried and buzzing about the former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader’s health, she seems to be taking it in stride and isn’t worried.
An insider told us she was at the Nickelodeon Resort in Punta Cana with her family and then fell ill.
Rycroft elaborated via a rep that she “has had major stomach issues since returning from the Dominican Republic.”
“She got an upset stomach on the second day of vacation, but it passed. Once they came home, she got severe cramping,” the rep said. “It has lasted for over a week, and she’s currently getting tested for possible parasites and any other infections. She’s assuming it’s something foodborne, but no one else in her family is ill.”
On Tuesday, Tracy McCraw, of Madison, Miss., told The Post that she was on a flight full of sick passengers on her way home from Punta Cana.
“It wasn’t like you usually go on a plane and you’re leaving and see other people sick on the plane. There was one lady next to me who was all bundled up, and I could tell she was sick. It was obvious.”
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/melissa-rycroft-falls-sick-during-vacation-dominican-republic
Dominican Republic's health ministry calls mysterious deaths 'fake news' as official lashes out in interview
Dominican Republic public health officials dismissed reports of the rash of deaths of U.S. tourists at luxury resorts as nothing more than “fake news” Wednesday aimed at undermining their tourism industry.
Ministry of Public Health spokesman Carlos Suero told Fox News on Wednesday that either final or preliminary autopsy reports for the nine tourists whose deaths are publicly known show they died of natural causes.
Suero also said that results from testing by government health inspectors – with assistance from the U.S. Embassy, he added -- of food and alcohol, the pool and air conditioning and other areas on the properties all came back negative. Several of the U.S. tourists who died were said to have had a beverage from the room minibar before they fell ill.
“It’s all a hysteria against the Dominican Republic, to hurt our tourism, this is a very competitive industry and we get millions of tourists, we are a popular destination,” Suero said. “People are taking aim at us.”
“The testing results are all negative, everything – the food, the alcohol, the air – is normal, there is no alteration of the alcohol,” Suero said. “With all the tourists we get every year, we make sure we comply with international standards for everything.”
Asked to confirm that testing of alcohol and food and resort properties had returned negative results, the State Department did not respond to the specific question, sending an email to Fox News that said: “We are closely monitoring ongoing investigations by Dominican authorities into several recent deaths of U.S. citizens in the Dominican Republic.
"The FBI is providing technical assistance to Dominican authorities with toxicology reports for three recent deaths at the Grand Bahia Principe La Romana resort. Our FBI colleagues tell us that those results may take up to 30 days. For all other questions regarding investigations into recent deaths (and attacks) of U.S. citizens, we refer you to local authorities in the Dominican Republic.”
The FBI did not respond to a request for confirmation or comment about the completion and results of tests on alcohol, food and other factors.
Suero’s comments come after Dominican Public Health Minister Rafael Sanchez Cardenas characterized the reports of the deaths as “un montaje” (setup) aimed at “hurting tourism.”
Sanchez Cardenas said that Leyla Cox, a 53-year-old New York woman who died in her room on June 10 at the Excellence resort in Punta Cana, had a history of “several heart attacks.”
Her family and co-workers disputed his claim, saying that she was generally healthy and had not had a heart attack before. They said they question the Dominican conclusion that the cause of her death was a heart attack, and will be conducting toxicological tests when a sample of her blood is received in the U.S.
Dominican government officials have been using the hashtag #BeFairWithDR on social media.
From the outset, Dominican authorities have said that the deaths of the U.S. tourists, who range in age from 41 to 78, were isolated incidents.
“People die all over the world,” Suero said. “Unfortunately, very unfortunately for us, these tourists have died here. We had about 14 deaths last year here of U.S. tourists, and no one said a word. Now everyone is making a big deal of these.”
Suero was referring to deaths kept on the State Department website that cover incidents such as car accidents, but excludes deaths declared by Dominican authorities as stemming from natural causes. It is difficult to know, therefore, how many tourist deaths linked to natural causes there have been.
Suero said the Dominican Republic should not be blamed for what would have happened to those who died in the resort anywhere else.
“I went to the United States and got an infection in my throat, but luckily I was returning to the Dominican Republic soon after,” he said. “If I’d died, would I have been right to blame the United States? No.”
The popular Caribbean vacation spot, which attracts more than 5 million tourists each year from around the globe, has been rocked by reports of the deaths of nine U.S. tourists. Most fell suddenly and critically ill in the resorts, and many died in their rooms, some after having a beverage from the minibar. Preliminary reports for many of them noted pulmonary edema – in which the lungs are filled with fluid. And the cause of death for most of them was a heart attack.
A preliminary report shown to Fox News about the death of New Jersey resident Jonathan Allen in June stated that he was “a ticking time bomb.”
The report said: “His organs were practically destroyed, with a biological age of more than 80 years old. He was extremely obese, weighing more than 400 pounds.”
Noting that toxicological results are pending, the report said that he had pulmonary edema, cerebral edema, a fatty liver and cardiac problems.
Allen, a native of Avenel in southern New Jersey, had reportedly complained about being hot at a pool and left to take a shower; he went to bed early and was found dead the next day.
Appearing on "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday, Jason Allen said his brother was not concerned about the recent deaths or the shooting of David Ortiz before he left for the Terra Linda Resort with a group of friends.
Allen said he does not trust the Dominican authorities to provide the answers about how his brother died. He said an autopsy was performed Friday, but no "official report" has been provided to the family.
It was the death of an engaged couple from Maryland who both were found dead in their room on May 30 -- before the other deaths became public --that first raised eyebrows worldwide. Edward Holmes, 63, and his girlfriend, Cynthia Day, 49, arrived in the Dominican Republic on May 25 and posted many photos on their social media pages showing them enjoying their vacation.
Their death, it was later revealed, came five days after a Pennsylvania woman, Miranda Schaup-Werner, who was 41, died in the same resort complex in her room. Her husband said she collapsed after having a drink from the minibar. Her official cause of death is reported as a heart attack.
Preliminary autopsy reports indicated the couple had internal bleeding, including in their pancreases, and pulmonary edema. For Holmes, the reports noted an enlarged heart and cirrhosis of the liver. Day was listed as having cerebral edema, or fluid in her brain.
Steve Bullock, an attorney for the families of the couple, whose remains recently were repatriated, said to reporters an independent autopsy and toxicological tests would be conducted in the U.S.
“If you look at two people dying at the same time allegedly of the same cause of death and then we get another report that someone who stayed in the same hotel three days prior to them checking in died of the same cause, that gives us reason to pause,” said the attorney, Steven Bullock, according to a Maryland CBS affiliate.
Suero says there is no mystery in their deaths.
“They were a special case as far as U.S. tourists,” Suero said. "They were a special medical case."
He said that Holmes died first, and that Day died afterward, “probably from the shock of seeing the person beside her dead,” Suero said.
“They had a lot of medical conditions. There were many bottles of prescription medication in their room,” Suero said. “They practically carried around a pharmacy with them. They had pills for blood pressure, for the heart, they had anti-depressants. When you get on an airplane and travel with all that medical [baggage], this can happen.”
He added that the day before, Holmes contact the hotel staff to say he did not feel well, but declined medical help after learning of the cost.
“He said he’d just wait to get back to the U.S. the next day and go to his regular doctor.”
https://www.foxnews.com/world/dominican-republic-health-ministry-mysterious-deaths-fake-news
Dominican Republic public health officials dismissed reports of the rash of deaths of U.S. tourists at luxury resorts as nothing more than “fake news” Wednesday aimed at undermining their tourism industry.
Ministry of Public Health spokesman Carlos Suero told Fox News on Wednesday that either final or preliminary autopsy reports for the nine tourists whose deaths are publicly known show they died of natural causes.
Suero also said that results from testing by government health inspectors – with assistance from the U.S. Embassy, he added -- of food and alcohol, the pool and air conditioning and other areas on the properties all came back negative. Several of the U.S. tourists who died were said to have had a beverage from the room minibar before they fell ill.
“It’s all a hysteria against the Dominican Republic, to hurt our tourism, this is a very competitive industry and we get millions of tourists, we are a popular destination,” Suero said. “People are taking aim at us.”
“The testing results are all negative, everything – the food, the alcohol, the air – is normal, there is no alteration of the alcohol,” Suero said. “With all the tourists we get every year, we make sure we comply with international standards for everything.”
Asked to confirm that testing of alcohol and food and resort properties had returned negative results, the State Department did not respond to the specific question, sending an email to Fox News that said: “We are closely monitoring ongoing investigations by Dominican authorities into several recent deaths of U.S. citizens in the Dominican Republic.
"The FBI is providing technical assistance to Dominican authorities with toxicology reports for three recent deaths at the Grand Bahia Principe La Romana resort. Our FBI colleagues tell us that those results may take up to 30 days. For all other questions regarding investigations into recent deaths (and attacks) of U.S. citizens, we refer you to local authorities in the Dominican Republic.”
The FBI did not respond to a request for confirmation or comment about the completion and results of tests on alcohol, food and other factors.
Suero’s comments come after Dominican Public Health Minister Rafael Sanchez Cardenas characterized the reports of the deaths as “un montaje” (setup) aimed at “hurting tourism.”
Sanchez Cardenas said that Leyla Cox, a 53-year-old New York woman who died in her room on June 10 at the Excellence resort in Punta Cana, had a history of “several heart attacks.”
Her family and co-workers disputed his claim, saying that she was generally healthy and had not had a heart attack before. They said they question the Dominican conclusion that the cause of her death was a heart attack, and will be conducting toxicological tests when a sample of her blood is received in the U.S.
Dominican government officials have been using the hashtag #BeFairWithDR on social media.
From the outset, Dominican authorities have said that the deaths of the U.S. tourists, who range in age from 41 to 78, were isolated incidents.
“People die all over the world,” Suero said. “Unfortunately, very unfortunately for us, these tourists have died here. We had about 14 deaths last year here of U.S. tourists, and no one said a word. Now everyone is making a big deal of these.”
Suero was referring to deaths kept on the State Department website that cover incidents such as car accidents, but excludes deaths declared by Dominican authorities as stemming from natural causes. It is difficult to know, therefore, how many tourist deaths linked to natural causes there have been.
Suero said the Dominican Republic should not be blamed for what would have happened to those who died in the resort anywhere else.
“I went to the United States and got an infection in my throat, but luckily I was returning to the Dominican Republic soon after,” he said. “If I’d died, would I have been right to blame the United States? No.”
The popular Caribbean vacation spot, which attracts more than 5 million tourists each year from around the globe, has been rocked by reports of the deaths of nine U.S. tourists. Most fell suddenly and critically ill in the resorts, and many died in their rooms, some after having a beverage from the minibar. Preliminary reports for many of them noted pulmonary edema – in which the lungs are filled with fluid. And the cause of death for most of them was a heart attack.
A preliminary report shown to Fox News about the death of New Jersey resident Jonathan Allen in June stated that he was “a ticking time bomb.”
The report said: “His organs were practically destroyed, with a biological age of more than 80 years old. He was extremely obese, weighing more than 400 pounds.”
Noting that toxicological results are pending, the report said that he had pulmonary edema, cerebral edema, a fatty liver and cardiac problems.
Allen, a native of Avenel in southern New Jersey, had reportedly complained about being hot at a pool and left to take a shower; he went to bed early and was found dead the next day.
Appearing on "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday, Jason Allen said his brother was not concerned about the recent deaths or the shooting of David Ortiz before he left for the Terra Linda Resort with a group of friends.
Allen said he does not trust the Dominican authorities to provide the answers about how his brother died. He said an autopsy was performed Friday, but no "official report" has been provided to the family.
It was the death of an engaged couple from Maryland who both were found dead in their room on May 30 -- before the other deaths became public --that first raised eyebrows worldwide. Edward Holmes, 63, and his girlfriend, Cynthia Day, 49, arrived in the Dominican Republic on May 25 and posted many photos on their social media pages showing them enjoying their vacation.
Their death, it was later revealed, came five days after a Pennsylvania woman, Miranda Schaup-Werner, who was 41, died in the same resort complex in her room. Her husband said she collapsed after having a drink from the minibar. Her official cause of death is reported as a heart attack.
Preliminary autopsy reports indicated the couple had internal bleeding, including in their pancreases, and pulmonary edema. For Holmes, the reports noted an enlarged heart and cirrhosis of the liver. Day was listed as having cerebral edema, or fluid in her brain.
Steve Bullock, an attorney for the families of the couple, whose remains recently were repatriated, said to reporters an independent autopsy and toxicological tests would be conducted in the U.S.
“If you look at two people dying at the same time allegedly of the same cause of death and then we get another report that someone who stayed in the same hotel three days prior to them checking in died of the same cause, that gives us reason to pause,” said the attorney, Steven Bullock, according to a Maryland CBS affiliate.
Suero says there is no mystery in their deaths.
“They were a special case as far as U.S. tourists,” Suero said. "They were a special medical case."
He said that Holmes died first, and that Day died afterward, “probably from the shock of seeing the person beside her dead,” Suero said.
“They had a lot of medical conditions. There were many bottles of prescription medication in their room,” Suero said. “They practically carried around a pharmacy with them. They had pills for blood pressure, for the heart, they had anti-depressants. When you get on an airplane and travel with all that medical [baggage], this can happen.”
He added that the day before, Holmes contact the hotel staff to say he did not feel well, but declined medical help after learning of the cost.
“He said he’d just wait to get back to the U.S. the next day and go to his regular doctor.”
https://www.foxnews.com/world/dominican-republic-health-ministry-mysterious-deaths-fake-news
FBI testing minibar samples at Dominican Republic resort: report
The FBI is reportedly analyzing alcohol samples from at least one minibar at the popular Bahia Príncipe resort in the Dominican Republic to see if hotel booze is, in fact, to blame for the country’s recent string of tourist deaths.
Ministry of Health communications director Carlos Suero told CNN on Wednesday that toxicology tests were being run on the samples to see if there’s anything out of the ordinary.
The FBI’s involvement in the case was announced last week — with law enforcement sources telling The Post that agents were collecting blood samples from those who have died under mysterious circumstances.
Officials are trying to figure out whether the victims drank the resort liquor before their deaths, and if the drinks had any dangerous chemicals in them, the sources said
Suero told CNN that the FBI was comparing the minibar samples to blood from at least three of the nine Americans who have died in the DR over the past year. The results are expected to take up to 30 days.
The victims that federal agents chose to analyze were all found dead in their rooms at the Bahia Príncipe Hotel in La Romana back in May, according to Suero.
Miranda Schaup-Werner, a 41-year-old from Pennsylvania, collapsed and died after allegedly having a drink from her hotel room’s minibar.
Nathaniel Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Ann Day, 49, were discovered in their room days later — with no signs of violence or foul play.
Their deaths came nearly a year after Philadelphia resident Yvette Monique Short, 51, died suddenly while staying at the Bahia Príncipe. Her sister claims that she drank from the minibar, went to bed and never woke up.
A Colorado couple is suing the hotel’s owners, claiming that they got sick at the hotel but managed to survive.
“I honestly believe the truth needs to be told,” said Kaylynn Knull, who was visiting with her boyfriend Tom Schwander. “This sounds way too similar at the same resort.”
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The FBI is reportedly analyzing alcohol samples from at least one minibar at the popular Bahia Príncipe resort in the Dominican Republic to see if hotel booze is, in fact, to blame for the country’s recent string of tourist deaths.
Ministry of Health communications director Carlos Suero told CNN on Wednesday that toxicology tests were being run on the samples to see if there’s anything out of the ordinary.
The FBI’s involvement in the case was announced last week — with law enforcement sources telling The Post that agents were collecting blood samples from those who have died under mysterious circumstances.
Officials are trying to figure out whether the victims drank the resort liquor before their deaths, and if the drinks had any dangerous chemicals in them, the sources said
Suero told CNN that the FBI was comparing the minibar samples to blood from at least three of the nine Americans who have died in the DR over the past year. The results are expected to take up to 30 days.
The victims that federal agents chose to analyze were all found dead in their rooms at the Bahia Príncipe Hotel in La Romana back in May, according to Suero.
Miranda Schaup-Werner, a 41-year-old from Pennsylvania, collapsed and died after allegedly having a drink from her hotel room’s minibar.
Nathaniel Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Ann Day, 49, were discovered in their room days later — with no signs of violence or foul play.
Their deaths came nearly a year after Philadelphia resident Yvette Monique Short, 51, died suddenly while staying at the Bahia Príncipe. Her sister claims that she drank from the minibar, went to bed and never woke up.
A Colorado couple is suing the hotel’s owners, claiming that they got sick at the hotel but managed to survive.
“I honestly believe the truth needs to be told,” said Kaylynn Knull, who was visiting with her boyfriend Tom Schwander. “This sounds way too similar at the same resort.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...les-at-dominican-republic-resorts-report/amp/
Kansas man, Pennsylvania woman died suddenly in Dominican Republic, bringing US citizen death total to 11
The families of two U.S. citizens have come forward to Fox News to report that the pair died suddenly while visiting the Dominican Republic.
They have been identified as Chris Palmer, a 41-year-old Army veteran from Kansas who died April 18, 2018, and Barbara Diane Maser-Mitchell, a 69-year-old retired nurse from Pennsylvania who died on Sept. 17, 2016, after falling critically ill at a resort.
The State Department confirmed their deaths to Fox News on Thursday.
The two would bring the total of U.S. citizens known to have died while visiting the Dominican Republic to 11. Most of those deaths that have become matters of public record died in 2018 and 2019. Maser-Mitchell’s death is the earliest one reported so far.
Dominican government officials have said that the deaths were coincidental and attributable to natural causes. Concerned about the impact of negative attention on their tourism industry --some 6 million people from around the world vacation there, and more than 2 million of these are from the U.S. -- officials from different government agencies have hit back at theories that the deaths were due to adulterated alcohol, pesticide exposure or deliberate poisoning
On Friday, Dominican authorities are scheduled to hold a press conference in which they're expected to discuss final autopsy reports showing why the U.S. tourists died after falling suddenly and critically ill.
Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia told Fox News on Thursday that he's seen the final reports for all nine victims whose deaths had been covered in the news of late, and said there is nothing in those reports to suggest anything mysterious or nefarious. He did not offer details.
U.S. officials have said that there is no evidence that the deaths are linked.
In reports given to Palmer's family, Dominican authorities said that he had pulmonary edema and that the official cause of death was a heart attack. For Maser-Mitchell, authorities have said a heart attack was the official cause of death.
“As soon as he died, I wondered if he was poisoned, if he was drugged,” said Bernadette Hiller, who dated Palmer for about 10 years and saw him the week before he died. “He was healthy as a horse.”
Maser-Mitchell went to the Excellence resort in Punta Cana to celebrate her birthday with her son and his longtime companion.
On her second day at the resort, after having cocktails, she said she felt ill and went to her room, which was adjacent to her son's room, according to her son's companion, Terry Mackey.
The next day, Mackey said, Maser-Mitchell continued to feel ill and did not accompany them for breakfast.
Mackey said Maser-Mitchell drank in moderation, never more than that.
"In the 15 years I knew her, she never suffered aftereffects," Mackey said to Fox News. Maser-Mitchell grew progressively worse, and her family summoned the resort doctor, who asked the retired nurse if she wanted to go to a hospital, according to Mackey. Maser-Mitchell at first declined, then said she would go.
She went into a state of cardiac arrest in the ambulance, Mackey said, adding "I was sitting in the ambulance with her, holding her hand the whole time."
Prior to taking the trip, Mackey said, Maser-Mitchell had a medical exam and was cleared to go on vacation.
"The hospital personnel were not kind or helpful," she said. When Maser-Mitchell's body arrived in the U.S., it was in such bad shape there was no viewing, Mackey said. Dominican authorities reportedly said Maser-Mitchell's corpse had not been handled properly.
Mackey said that Maser-Mitchell had been in generally good health. She did not know if Maser-Mitchell had a beverage from her room minibar. Several of the tourists who died had consumed a beverage from the minibar before falling ill. CNN reported that the FBI is testing minibar samples to see if there's a link to some of the deaths.
"She was an LPN (licensed practical nurse), she knew the symptoms of a heart attack, she would have known," Mackey said. "She didn't present symptoms of a heart attack."
Palmer, who served in the Army and was a salesman and scuba diving instructor, loved traveling and was savvy about where to go and what to avoid, his daughter, Meghan Arnold, told Fox News.
He was staying at the Villa Cocotal Palma resort in Punta Cana.
At some point, he told friends he was feeling ill -- he had a bad headache, Hiller, his one-time girlfriend who remained a close friend, told Fox News.
Hiller said it was unclear if he had consumed a beverage from a hotel bar or the mini bar. Friends and family say he had been working at a resort in Mexico and went to the Dominican Republic to look into selling timeshares and teaching scuba diving at the resort.
At some point on April 18, he was found dead in his room. Dominican authorities said he aspirated on his vomit.
Friends and family say they were pressured to cremate Palmer's body.
"We are devastated and are seeking answers," Hiller said. "This was so sudden and unexpected. This has been a nightmare for his family."
Efforts to get comments from Dominican authorities through telephone calls, emails and texts on Thursday, a national holiday in the Caribbean country, were unsuccessful.
The relatives of most of the nine U.S. tourists -- whose deaths occurred under seemingly similar circumstances --have raised doubts about the accounts they've been given by Dominican authorities, and several have expressed exasperation over the U.S. State Department, which they felt was taking too passive a role.
In June, a New Jersey woman, Leyla Cox, died in her room at the Excellence resort after falling critically and suddenly ill, according to her family. Cox, an MRI technician, had gone on a solo trip to celebrate her 53rd birthday. With the help of the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic and his congressional representatives, her son, Will Cox, successfully got the authorities there to agree to send a vial of her blood to the U.S., where toxicology tests will be conducted at the New York hospital where she worked.
Cox's family and co-workers say they do not believe that she died of a heart attack, the official cause of death.
Several relatives of those who have died are planning to conduct their own tests in the United States. Since Dominican authorities have attributed nearly all the deaths to natural causes, they have declined to conduct toxicological tests, leading to complaints from the relatives.
At least two members of Congress this week said they would press for answers.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a New York Democrat who is of Dominican descent, said on Twitter that he will travel to the Dominican Republic next month to meet with tourism and government officials to discuss the rash of deaths. He also posted several tweets touting the Dominican Republic as safe and a desirable vacation spot.
In a June 19 letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, wrote: “The circumstances surrounding the untimely deaths of nine Americans is heartbreaking, and I ask that you immediately take steps to update the bereaved families and ensure they are given all information on the cause of their loved one’s death as the investigation continues."
Pallone noted that "at least nine American tourists without pre-existing illnesses experienced similar symptoms, including pulmonary edema, bleeding, and vomiting blood and death....I also urge you to expedite a reassessment of the Travel Advisory for the Dominican Republican to make sure American travelers have a full understanding of travel risks. I ask the Department of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide our offices with an update on the current investigations of these illnesses and deaths, and what possible steps can be taken to prevent any further loss of American lives.”
Pallone also urged the State Department to reassess its travel rating for the Dominican Republic, currently at a Level 2, which suggests increased caution, citing a rise in crime. The highest rating is Level 4, signaling a high degree of danger.
Garcia, the tourism minister, said earlier this month: "These are situations that can occur in any country, in any hotel in the world. It's regrettable, but sometimes it happens."
In the Thursday interview with Fox News in the Dominican Republic, Garcia acknowledged that the recent deaths – and the international media reports on them – will have an impact on the tourism industry to the Caribbean destination. He insisted that it would only be a momentary hit.
“Dominican hospitality is one of international standards,” he said. “I have traveled to countless countries [in my capacity] and I say that there is no hotel that I have visited in capitals of the world that have the characteristics of the hotels in the eastern region of the country.”
He said, however, that the ministry plans to go “hotel by hotel” to determine the level of security already in place and decide what else might need to be done to improve quality.
“We want to guarantee that the security measures are in place for our guests,” Garcia said.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/kansa...ublic-bringing-u-s-citizen-deaths-there-to-11
The families of two U.S. citizens have come forward to Fox News to report that the pair died suddenly while visiting the Dominican Republic.
They have been identified as Chris Palmer, a 41-year-old Army veteran from Kansas who died April 18, 2018, and Barbara Diane Maser-Mitchell, a 69-year-old retired nurse from Pennsylvania who died on Sept. 17, 2016, after falling critically ill at a resort.
The State Department confirmed their deaths to Fox News on Thursday.
The two would bring the total of U.S. citizens known to have died while visiting the Dominican Republic to 11. Most of those deaths that have become matters of public record died in 2018 and 2019. Maser-Mitchell’s death is the earliest one reported so far.
Dominican government officials have said that the deaths were coincidental and attributable to natural causes. Concerned about the impact of negative attention on their tourism industry --some 6 million people from around the world vacation there, and more than 2 million of these are from the U.S. -- officials from different government agencies have hit back at theories that the deaths were due to adulterated alcohol, pesticide exposure or deliberate poisoning
On Friday, Dominican authorities are scheduled to hold a press conference in which they're expected to discuss final autopsy reports showing why the U.S. tourists died after falling suddenly and critically ill.
Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia told Fox News on Thursday that he's seen the final reports for all nine victims whose deaths had been covered in the news of late, and said there is nothing in those reports to suggest anything mysterious or nefarious. He did not offer details.
U.S. officials have said that there is no evidence that the deaths are linked.
In reports given to Palmer's family, Dominican authorities said that he had pulmonary edema and that the official cause of death was a heart attack. For Maser-Mitchell, authorities have said a heart attack was the official cause of death.
“As soon as he died, I wondered if he was poisoned, if he was drugged,” said Bernadette Hiller, who dated Palmer for about 10 years and saw him the week before he died. “He was healthy as a horse.”
Maser-Mitchell went to the Excellence resort in Punta Cana to celebrate her birthday with her son and his longtime companion.
On her second day at the resort, after having cocktails, she said she felt ill and went to her room, which was adjacent to her son's room, according to her son's companion, Terry Mackey.
The next day, Mackey said, Maser-Mitchell continued to feel ill and did not accompany them for breakfast.
Mackey said Maser-Mitchell drank in moderation, never more than that.
"In the 15 years I knew her, she never suffered aftereffects," Mackey said to Fox News. Maser-Mitchell grew progressively worse, and her family summoned the resort doctor, who asked the retired nurse if she wanted to go to a hospital, according to Mackey. Maser-Mitchell at first declined, then said she would go.
She went into a state of cardiac arrest in the ambulance, Mackey said, adding "I was sitting in the ambulance with her, holding her hand the whole time."
Prior to taking the trip, Mackey said, Maser-Mitchell had a medical exam and was cleared to go on vacation.
"The hospital personnel were not kind or helpful," she said. When Maser-Mitchell's body arrived in the U.S., it was in such bad shape there was no viewing, Mackey said. Dominican authorities reportedly said Maser-Mitchell's corpse had not been handled properly.
Mackey said that Maser-Mitchell had been in generally good health. She did not know if Maser-Mitchell had a beverage from her room minibar. Several of the tourists who died had consumed a beverage from the minibar before falling ill. CNN reported that the FBI is testing minibar samples to see if there's a link to some of the deaths.
"She was an LPN (licensed practical nurse), she knew the symptoms of a heart attack, she would have known," Mackey said. "She didn't present symptoms of a heart attack."
Palmer, who served in the Army and was a salesman and scuba diving instructor, loved traveling and was savvy about where to go and what to avoid, his daughter, Meghan Arnold, told Fox News.
He was staying at the Villa Cocotal Palma resort in Punta Cana.
At some point, he told friends he was feeling ill -- he had a bad headache, Hiller, his one-time girlfriend who remained a close friend, told Fox News.
Hiller said it was unclear if he had consumed a beverage from a hotel bar or the mini bar. Friends and family say he had been working at a resort in Mexico and went to the Dominican Republic to look into selling timeshares and teaching scuba diving at the resort.
At some point on April 18, he was found dead in his room. Dominican authorities said he aspirated on his vomit.
Friends and family say they were pressured to cremate Palmer's body.
"We are devastated and are seeking answers," Hiller said. "This was so sudden and unexpected. This has been a nightmare for his family."
Efforts to get comments from Dominican authorities through telephone calls, emails and texts on Thursday, a national holiday in the Caribbean country, were unsuccessful.
The relatives of most of the nine U.S. tourists -- whose deaths occurred under seemingly similar circumstances --have raised doubts about the accounts they've been given by Dominican authorities, and several have expressed exasperation over the U.S. State Department, which they felt was taking too passive a role.
In June, a New Jersey woman, Leyla Cox, died in her room at the Excellence resort after falling critically and suddenly ill, according to her family. Cox, an MRI technician, had gone on a solo trip to celebrate her 53rd birthday. With the help of the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic and his congressional representatives, her son, Will Cox, successfully got the authorities there to agree to send a vial of her blood to the U.S., where toxicology tests will be conducted at the New York hospital where she worked.
Cox's family and co-workers say they do not believe that she died of a heart attack, the official cause of death.
Several relatives of those who have died are planning to conduct their own tests in the United States. Since Dominican authorities have attributed nearly all the deaths to natural causes, they have declined to conduct toxicological tests, leading to complaints from the relatives.
At least two members of Congress this week said they would press for answers.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a New York Democrat who is of Dominican descent, said on Twitter that he will travel to the Dominican Republic next month to meet with tourism and government officials to discuss the rash of deaths. He also posted several tweets touting the Dominican Republic as safe and a desirable vacation spot.
In a June 19 letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, wrote: “The circumstances surrounding the untimely deaths of nine Americans is heartbreaking, and I ask that you immediately take steps to update the bereaved families and ensure they are given all information on the cause of their loved one’s death as the investigation continues."
Pallone noted that "at least nine American tourists without pre-existing illnesses experienced similar symptoms, including pulmonary edema, bleeding, and vomiting blood and death....I also urge you to expedite a reassessment of the Travel Advisory for the Dominican Republican to make sure American travelers have a full understanding of travel risks. I ask the Department of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide our offices with an update on the current investigations of these illnesses and deaths, and what possible steps can be taken to prevent any further loss of American lives.”
Pallone also urged the State Department to reassess its travel rating for the Dominican Republic, currently at a Level 2, which suggests increased caution, citing a rise in crime. The highest rating is Level 4, signaling a high degree of danger.
Garcia, the tourism minister, said earlier this month: "These are situations that can occur in any country, in any hotel in the world. It's regrettable, but sometimes it happens."
In the Thursday interview with Fox News in the Dominican Republic, Garcia acknowledged that the recent deaths – and the international media reports on them – will have an impact on the tourism industry to the Caribbean destination. He insisted that it would only be a momentary hit.
“Dominican hospitality is one of international standards,” he said. “I have traveled to countless countries [in my capacity] and I say that there is no hotel that I have visited in capitals of the world that have the characteristics of the hotels in the eastern region of the country.”
He said, however, that the ministry plans to go “hotel by hotel” to determine the level of security already in place and decide what else might need to be done to improve quality.
“We want to guarantee that the security measures are in place for our guests,” Garcia said.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/kansa...ublic-bringing-u-s-citizen-deaths-there-to-11
Assault reported at Dominican resort where woman says she was attacked
A Pennsylvania man claims a pair of would-be robbers savagely attacked him at the same Dominican Republic resort where a Delaware mom claims she was savagely beaten.
Robert Walker of New Castle said he was ambushed walking alone back to his room at the Majestic Elegance resort in Punta Cana, news station WPXI reported on Thursday.
He said he had just won big at the luxury property’s casino when two men hit him from behind.
“I just started swinging, I am going nuts, and they fled,” Walker told the news station.
While he was able to escape, Walker said, he suffered a concussion from the beachfront beatdown.
“I go back to my room and my wife looks at the back of my head and I have a knot the size of a baseball and was concussed for a few days,” Walker said.
Walker, however, said he’s “most upset” by the response he got from the resort.
“I told them what happened, it fell on deaf ears,” Walker said, adding that it was his third trip to the resort, where he had enjoyed previous visits.
The alleged incident came around the same time as a Delaware mom’s alleged January assault.
Tammy Lawrence-Daley, 51, of Wilmington, said she was beaten by a man wearing a Majestic Elegance uniform in an hours-long assault. She said she was left with a broken nose, fractured hand, partial hearing loss in her left ear and damage to her mouth.
The married mom claimed the attack occurred after she left her room to get a snack, and like Walker, she was alone.
“I would not travel alone or be out by myself,” Walker said.
A request for comment from the Majestic Elegance resort wasn’t immediately returned.
The incidents come as the Caribbean destination faces a public relations crisis, with reports of several American travelers dying at resorts and dozens more falling ill.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...resort-where-woman-says-she-was-attacked/amp/
A Pennsylvania man claims a pair of would-be robbers savagely attacked him at the same Dominican Republic resort where a Delaware mom claims she was savagely beaten.
Robert Walker of New Castle said he was ambushed walking alone back to his room at the Majestic Elegance resort in Punta Cana, news station WPXI reported on Thursday.
He said he had just won big at the luxury property’s casino when two men hit him from behind.
“I just started swinging, I am going nuts, and they fled,” Walker told the news station.
While he was able to escape, Walker said, he suffered a concussion from the beachfront beatdown.
“I go back to my room and my wife looks at the back of my head and I have a knot the size of a baseball and was concussed for a few days,” Walker said.
Walker, however, said he’s “most upset” by the response he got from the resort.
“I told them what happened, it fell on deaf ears,” Walker said, adding that it was his third trip to the resort, where he had enjoyed previous visits.
The alleged incident came around the same time as a Delaware mom’s alleged January assault.
Tammy Lawrence-Daley, 51, of Wilmington, said she was beaten by a man wearing a Majestic Elegance uniform in an hours-long assault. She said she was left with a broken nose, fractured hand, partial hearing loss in her left ear and damage to her mouth.
The married mom claimed the attack occurred after she left her room to get a snack, and like Walker, she was alone.
“I would not travel alone or be out by myself,” Walker said.
A request for comment from the Majestic Elegance resort wasn’t immediately returned.
The incidents come as the Caribbean destination faces a public relations crisis, with reports of several American travelers dying at resorts and dozens more falling ill.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...resort-where-woman-says-she-was-attacked/amp/
You gotta walk around with armed bodyguards & a food & beverage tester for poison.
Long Island pizzeria owner is latest Dominican Republic death
A Long Island pizzeria owner joins the growing list of tourists who have died suddenly in the Dominican Republic.
Vittorio Caruso, 56 of Glen Cove, died June 17 while staying at the Boca Chica Resort in Santo Domingo, the US State Department confirmed to Fox News Friday.
His sister-in-law, Marie Caruso, said he was in good health when he suddenly went into respiratory distress after “drinking something.”
“We were told he wasn’t responding to any meds he was given and died,” Lisa Maria Caruso told Fox News, adding that the family is awaiting autopsy results. “I honestly don’t know exactly what happened, as we have been told conflicting stories from different people there.”
Like the families of others who have died in the Dominican, Caruso said local authorities have provided vague answers about how their seemingly healthy loved ones unexpectedly fell fatally ill while vacationing in the Carribean nation.
“It is very hard to get a straight story from anyone there,” she said. “They even wanted to cremate the body. We insisted on having the body sent back here.”
Caruso, who was scheduled to return to New York June 27, is among three tourists in the past month and at least 11 in the past year who died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Dozens more have reported illnesses.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...st-american-to-die-in-dominican-republic/amp/
A Long Island pizzeria owner joins the growing list of tourists who have died suddenly in the Dominican Republic.
Vittorio Caruso, 56 of Glen Cove, died June 17 while staying at the Boca Chica Resort in Santo Domingo, the US State Department confirmed to Fox News Friday.
His sister-in-law, Marie Caruso, said he was in good health when he suddenly went into respiratory distress after “drinking something.”
“We were told he wasn’t responding to any meds he was given and died,” Lisa Maria Caruso told Fox News, adding that the family is awaiting autopsy results. “I honestly don’t know exactly what happened, as we have been told conflicting stories from different people there.”
Like the families of others who have died in the Dominican, Caruso said local authorities have provided vague answers about how their seemingly healthy loved ones unexpectedly fell fatally ill while vacationing in the Carribean nation.
“It is very hard to get a straight story from anyone there,” she said. “They even wanted to cremate the body. We insisted on having the body sent back here.”
Caruso, who was scheduled to return to New York June 27, is among three tourists in the past month and at least 11 in the past year who died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Dozens more have reported illnesses.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...st-american-to-die-in-dominican-republic/amp/
