Passengers disembark Ovation of the Seas cruise ship in Sydney a week after the New Zealand volcano disaster.
Passengers have disembarked at Sydney Harbour from the cruise ship at the centre of the New Zealand volcano disaster, with some complaining about the lack of information given while on board the ship.Most of the those killed in the White Island volcano disaster were part of day trips from the shipAnother passenger said it felt emotional arriving in Sydney without the volcano victimsMost of those killed or injured in the White Island eruption were part of organised day trips from the ship.
On hearing the news, his 11-year-old son Russell said:"I thought it was fake news. I was like that can't be true." Tourist Jennifer Highfield from Michigan in the United States is on an antipodean holiday and said she was grieving for her fellow passengers and the families affected. "Those poor people, I just feel so terrible for them. I am a nurse so I know how long it is going to be for their recovery," she said."That tour was our second choice if we did not go on the one we ended up doing. I just feel so sorry for them," she said.
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