{"id":60603,"date":"2025-05-23T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=60603"},"modified":"2025-05-23T08:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:59:21","slug":"passengers-aboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=60603","title":{"rendered":"Passengers Aboard\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-547.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-547.png 1000w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-547-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-547-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-547-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Captain-Michele-Bartolomei-052025-cf39f3bb71d64c7e97a87c55e96cb89c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11502\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Princess Cruises tells PEOPLE that Captain Michele Bartolomei died while in the middle of a 19-day cruise<br>Bartolomei suffered a \u201csudden medical emergency\u201d while the ship was in Taiwan<br>Passengers were informed of the captain\u2019s death via a letter shared to their cabins<br>A cruise captain died at sea in the middle of a 19-day cruise, PEOPLE has confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Michele Bartolomei was captaining the Diamond Princess cruise when he died suddenly on May 19 following a medical emergency while the ship was in Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is with profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of Captain Michele Bartolomei, who had a sudden medical emergency and died onboard Diamond Princess,\u201d Princess Cruises tells PEOPLE in a statement. \u201cCaptain Bartolomei was a respected leader, whose decades of service at sea exemplified professionalism, dedication, and care for both guests and crew.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Captain-Michele-Bartolomei-02-052025-6038f39a878c47048b87901b9ba831c4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11503\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Princess Cruises added, \u201cOur hearts are with Captain Bartolomei\u2019s family during this incredibly difficult time, and we extend our deepest condolences to them. We also stand in support of the entire Diamond Princess crew and all employees across our company who had the honor of working alongside him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company says it\u2019s working closely with Bartolomei\u2019s family and crew members to \u201censure their well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to 9News, passengers were informed of the captain\u2019s death via a letter delivered to their cabins. The letter shared that Captain Salvatore Macera would be taking over for Bartolomei for the remainder of the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=60441\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Princess Cruises tells PEOPLE that Captain Michele Bartolomei died while in the middle of a 19-day cruiseBartolomei suffered a \u201csudden medical emergency\u201d while the ship was in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60605,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60603\/revisions\/60605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}