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A 23-year-old Scot falls overboard in the North Sea before the cruise ship docks in Hamburg. Many questions remain unanswered.
Southampton – relaxation and adventure at the same time: cruises attract many people every year. The anticipation of an extraordinary vacation is usually great. But for a family from Scotland it ended in a real nightmare. The reason for the trip was the birthday of the mother of the family. But then her 23-year-old son, Liam, disappeared. For the young man's wife, who did not come on board, grief and many unanswered questions remain.
Ship name |
MSC Euribia |
Ship length |
331 meters |
Cruise company |
MSC Cruises |
Route to disappearance |
Southampton - Hamburg |
Tragedy on a cruise: 23-year-old disappears - he is said to have fallen overboard
On March 15th the MSC Euribia set sail. Even before the cruise ship docked in the port of Hamburg, Germany, Sophie, Liam's wife, received a message from her husband. He told her he was seasick. This emerges from a report by the Scottish news portal
Daily Record
, which spoke to the wife of the disappeared man.
A young man disappeared without a trace on the cruise ship MSC Euribia. © Felix Schlikis/imago
In fact, it would be the last time she heard from Liam. On the same day, March 16, the young man is said to have fallen overboard. Footage on board the MSC Euribia apparently shows how the student from Scotland fell into the North Sea. According to the report, Liam's sister informed Sophie about it the day after the incident. She told her “Liam isn’t coming back.”
Grief and unanswered questions: wife of missing student from Scotland is “devastated”
I have so many questions and I can’t get any answers about what happened.”
Sophie, Liam's wife, to Daily Record
What is particularly stressful for the 20-year-old is that she has not received any further information from the family since the news from Liam's sister. According to the report, her attempt to find out more about her husband's disappearance through the cruise company MSC Cruises was also unsuccessful. “I feel so lost. He's just gone. I'll never see him again. “I’m devastated,” she said. Most recently, she posted a picture of her wedding on Facebook and captioned it with an emoji symbolizing a broken heart.
Cruise ends in tragedy: Police investigate disappearance of young Scot
A request from IPPEN.MEDIA
to MSC Cruises, where allegations of rape against an employee were recently made,
initially remained unanswered. According to RTL, the young man's disappearance was reported to the authorities. Investigations were carried out on behalf of the forensic medicine department. The police also went on board to investigate the incident. However, it is initially unclear whether a search operation has been started for the 23-year-old in the North Sea.
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