Inside the Nightmare Voyage of the Diamond Princess
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The holds of the toilets quickly filled; two soon reached capacity and were taped off. “The back of the plane just reeked,” said Mark. “People were throwing up back there. It was so disgusting.” Once in the air, Carl estimated, the line for the toilets on his plane ran about 50 people long and took 30 minutes to get through. Jeri Goldman said the “smell was unreal. We had to put ourselves under a blanket, it was so bad.” Jeri eventually escaped by knocking herself out with Benadryl, and Carl was so exhausted he fell asleep without aid.
But a few hours later, Carl woke, feverish. A temperature check, and then he was marched to the back of the plane, which had been cordoned off by a large plastic sheet, duct-taped to the fuselage. There he tried to ignore the coughs of the other passengers and the stench now emanating from right beside him.
I will try to think about this scenario every night before I sleep, to keep me grateful.
But a few hours later, Carl woke, feverish. A temperature check, and then he was marched to the back of the plane, which had been cordoned off by a large plastic sheet, duct-taped to the fuselage. There he tried to ignore the coughs of the other passengers and the stench now emanating from right beside him.
I will try to think about this scenario every night before I sleep, to keep me grateful.