Cruise Ship Vanishes In Bermuda Triangle
January 1, 2008
London Scribe
By Selene Kendall
Last night at 03:24 GMT, the Serenity VIII, a cruise ship belonging to Serenity Cruise Lines, Inc. vanished. The ship reported its last known location to be approximately 75 miles east of Miami, FL, its departure point. Serenity VIII carried 283 passengers on its voyage, a vacation from which they may not return.
Upon hearing the distressed Captain Ray Harrelson’s radio transmission, the US Coast Guard deployed 5 patrol ships to investigate the incident and provide assistance if needed. The patrol was dispatched at 04:02 GMT, and none of the patrol returned. Radio contact was lost near the same point as the Serenity VIII began to have difficulties, and the missing person count was brought to 293.
When questioned about possible causes of the incident George McKewan, president of Serenity Cruise Lines said, “This is a terrible happening, which we are using all our resources to investigate. I would like to assure the public that we take every precaution in inspecting and maintaining our vessals at Serentiy Cruise Lines. My heart goes out to the loved ones of the passengers of the Serenity VIII. I think the most important thing is that no one gives up hope because we really don’t know what happened yet.”
The President of the United States issued a formal press statement saying, “We will find the answer to this mystery, and most importantly we will bring our people home if they are out there. Search and rescue operations are currently being organized and will be underway very shortly.”
An anonymous source said that while the radio transmissions from the Serenity VIII were garbled and mostly unintelligible, they distinctly heard something about “strange lights” before radio contact was lost.