Coronavirus: Grand Princess passenger says ‘They need to get us off this boat’
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/06/coronavirus-grand-princess-passenger-says-they-need-to-get-us-off-this-boat/
For the entire cruise aboard the Grand Princess — to Hawaii and back — passengers have relied on the crew for everything: to prepare their meals, pour them drinks, make their beds. And now, a day after being confined to their rooms as the ship circles 40 miles off the San Francisco shore, they learned Friday that 19 crew members have tested positive for coronavirus.
“Here we are trapped on this ship with them,” said Kristian Riese, a 47-year-old pilot from Georgia who is on the Grand Princess with his girlfriend and his elderly parents. “What are we dealing with here? They need to get us off this boat.”