After months of waiting, a stranded cruise ship worker may soon return home.
A Royal Caribbean worker traveled to the United States in January to receive treatment for a back injury he reported to work. Since then, however, he has been entertained living in hotels in Florida, despite his constant pleasure of not being able to return.
A worker on a cruise ship may finally return home in September after months of living in hotels in Florida.
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Paul Cordova injured his back while working on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in 2017, reports the Tampa Bay Times. He underwent surgery in November 2018 and traveled to the US from his home in Peru in January for further treatment. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit and Cordova has apparently not been able to return since.
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According to the news release, the man asked to be placed on multiple repatriation flights in the last 95 days, but has so far failed. The cruise line told him that his repatriation was impossible at the time, or did not respond to requests.
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Things may eventually change, however.
In a statement shared with Fox News, a Royal Caribbean spokesman said, “We have partnered with Mr Córdova to bring him home in a challenging international travel environment and currently understand the next opportunity to do so is on 1 September. We all share the same goal of getting him home as quickly and safely as possible. “
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According to the Tampa Bay Times, there are still more than 100,000 cruise ship workers around the world, unable to return to their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic and the travel restrictions it has caused.
Cordova originally stayed at the Plaza Hotel in Fort Lauderdale and later moved to the Clarion Inn and Suites in Miami Springs. He apparently passed the time by talking to his family via his laptop and studying plastic schemes for cruise ships.
