Cruise Ship Returns

“It's so sad for the family, it really is,” says passenger Don Edgar. The Tennessee man echoes the sentiments of many who were aboard the Holiday ship when Michelle Vilborg disappeared. Passengers say a ship wide announcement was made Monday night asking everyone to return to their cabins for a bed check. The announcement gave chills to Edgar and his travelling buddies.

“It was kind of nerve racking for us sometimes till we laid eyes on all 21 in our group after that we settled down and everything was fine,” say Edgar. many of those passengers say the company handled the incident well.

“There was total shock, this was a first, and I guess a first for everyone else, the one thing I noticed about Carnival is they helped to maintain calm,” says passenger Jeff Ralph. The FBI was also involved in homecoming on June 20th, 2009. An agency spokesman says they followed up with witnesses who initially talked to the US Coastguard. They're still trying to figure out how the 50-year-old woman went overboard.