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| April 11, 2012 | Titanic memorial cruise delayed after passenger suffers heart attack | | London: A memorial cruise to commemorate 100 years of the Titanic had to turn back after a cameraman on board suffered a suspected heart attack. Tim Rex, 56,
who was covering the cruise for the BBC, was believed to have received medical
treatment on board while a call was made to the Irish Coast Guard just before
3.30pm, the Telegraph reported. He was said to be walking after the alarm was
raised and spoke to family before being taken off as a precaution. A rescue helicopter
from Shannon was sent to the ship, MS Balmoral, which set sail from Southampton
at 3pm on Sunday, April 8, stopping off at the Irish port of Cobh. The original
Titanic set off from Southampton on April 10, 1912 and called at Cobh on April
11. It was the last port it called at before the tragedy. “Unfortunately a BBC
staff member was taken seriously ill while covering the cruise to the site of
the Titanic. Following advice from the ship’s doctors he has been taken ashore
to receive urgent medical treatment,” a BBC spokesman said. BBC correspondent
Jon Kay, who was also on board, took to his Twitter account to post about his
colleague. “Tim is a dear friend and a great cameraman. He can now watch our coverage
from the warmth of dry land! See you soon!” he wrote. The liner was carrying 1,309
passengers – the same number as sailed on the Titanic – for a 12-night voyage
to retrace the route of the famous ill-fated ship. A memorial service had been
planned at the site of the wreckage on Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15.
Miles Morgan, Managing Director of Miles Morgan Travel, which chartered the journey,
said the ship would go back about 20 nautical miles to get within helicopter range.
Passengers from 28 different countries paid up to 8,000 pounds each for the cruise,
which recreated the journey of the Titanic. The voyage was also due to feature
lectures from experts including Philip Littlejohn, the grandson of Alexander James
Littlejohn, who survived the 1912 tragedy. The food was based on dishes served
100 years ago while the five-piece Grupetto band from Belgium were to pay tribute
to the musicians on board. The ship endured bad weather before arriving at Cobh
on Tuesday. “There is a bad feeling on board that maybe the voyage is doomed by
bad luck,” a passenger reportedly said after docking.
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