Bad things can happen to any traveler, so Family Travel Forum has come up with a roundup of
this year’s mishaps, disasters and tragedies (which they point out represent only a small minority of travel experiences):
• Pregnant American Tourist Murdered in US. Caribbean Territory
• Seven-Year Old Girl Drowns in Rogue Wave During Hurricane Bill
• Two Monorails Crash in Orlando’s Disney World, Driver Killed
• Natasha Richardson Dies After Minor Ski Accident
• Two-Year-Old and Mom Kicked Off Flight for Crying
• Airbus Crashes into the Atlantic, No Survivors
• Eighteen Cruisers Robbed at Gunpoint in Nassau, Bahamas
• Flight Delayed on Tarmac for 6-Hours… Mid-Route
• Terrorists Bomb Two Hotels in Jakarta
• Young Teen Drowns in Cozumel
The saving grace:
“Usually these ‘tragic’ incidents are really not that terrible: your suitcase gets lost en route, your room isn’t ready upon check-in, your ATM card won’t work abroad. Granted these are problems, but all of these mishaps are rectifiable with some patience and time,” the site says.
By David Wilkening
