FREEQ EXCLUSIVE
Cruise Ship Infinity Offloading COVID-19 Patients at Passe-A-Grille Pier.
Passe-A-Grille, FL. April 3, 2020.
Yesterday on April 2, 2020 a Passe A Grille resident snapped a picture of a cruise ship tender offloading passengers at a Passe-A-Grille Pier in Boca Ciega Bay. The resident posted the image to the Nexdoor app with the title, "What is happening here?!?!?!? The image showed the tinder and people in bio-hazard suits on the doc. The people exiting the tinder were COVID-19 positive patients.
Unfortunately all that is available as of this writing is a thumbnail of the original image which was deleted from the Nexdoor app. Here is a screen shot of the posting and a blowup of the thumbnail:
Original post on Nextdoor with thumbnail.
Response to the post.
Blow up of the thumb of tinder. Click for larger image.
A neighbor that received this post called the Pinellas Sheriff and was told this was known, but the public was not made aware. The Sheriff's Dept. said the tinder was from the Celebrity Infinity cruise ship. The Infinity is "waiting off of Florida's west coast". "We can confirm a fatality on Celebrity Infinity," Royal Caribbean spokesperson Jonathon Fishman stated. Currently, no guests remain on the Infinity.
The Sheriff's Dept further divulged the Infinity tinder was provided a Coast Guard escort paid for by Celebrity. The Infinity tinder is presently docked at Dolphin Village Marina in St Pete Beach. This is a developing situation as questions remain as to how many more will be offloaded in Passe-A-Grille, or what hospital the patients were being taken.