I-ST. I-PETE BEACH - Wayefuna ukukhombisa owesifazane owesabayo ukuphakama ukuthi kuphephile ukuncika kuvulandi wehhotela ositezi sesithupha.
Esikhundleni salokho, uDavid Senior, 26, waseJoliet, Ill., uwele izitezi ezine phezu konqenqema lukakhonkolo esisitezi sesibili ngoLwesibili ebusuku.
UDavid usindile waphuthunyiswa esibhedlela i-Bayfront Medical Center, lapho ebesesimweni esikahle ngoLwesithathu, kusho okhulumela isibhedlela. Umndeni ucele ukuthi alukho olunye ulwazi oluzokhishwa.
Lesi sigameko senzeke ngezithuba zabo-11:15 ebusuku eGrand Plaza Beachfront Hotel. Ngokusho komphathi wezokusebenza koMnyango Wezomlilo eSt. Pete Beach, uTom Malone, uyindoda enenhlanhla.
“Uwe phansi izitezi ezine bese uwela kukhonkolo, uphile?” wazindla. “Yebo.”
U-Senior ubengesona isivakashi esibhalisiwe futhi "engeyena umuntu ophula intwasahlobo," kusho uJames Kotsopoulos, umongameli weGrand Plaza Resorts Inc., kodwa uhlangane nabahlali begumbi - owesilisa ongaziwa kanye nomshana wakhe - ekuqaleni ngoLwesibili futhi ubevakashele neqembu. zabesifazane.
“Engxoxweni esibe nayo nabantu ekamelweni, (Omdala) wayefuna ukujabulisa izintokazi ezisencane,” kusho uKotsopoulos. "Omunye wayekhathazekile ngobude, ngakho-ke ukuze amgcone wahlehla ujantshi wadlula."
IPhini Lesikhulu Samaphoyisa eSt. Pete Beach uDean Horianopoulos uthe lesi simo “singenzeka ngempela.” Waqoqa ama-akhawunti amabili ahlukene ngalokho okwenzeka kubantu basegumbini elingu-612. Omunye wayehlezi esitimeleni, ebheke ekamelweni futhi ewela emuva. Omunye umbambe ejantshini ngakolunye uhlangothi, ehlehla ephindelela ngaphandle kwe-Room 214. Omdala akatholakalanga ukuba aphawule.
“Lo mfana ungumfana onenhlanhla kunabo bonke emhlabeni. Akukho ukungabaza ngakho,” kusho uHorianopoulos. “Ube nenhlanhla yokuthi akabulawanga kulokhu.”
U-Horianopoulos uthe kubukeka sengathi utshwala “budlala indima enkulu,” kodwa akukho kuhlolwa okwenziwe ukuze kutholakale ukuthi u-Senior akahlukumezi yini.
“Akulona icala. Kuyingozi,” kusho uHorianopoulos. “Ukube bekuwubugebengu ngabe sinezimpendulo ezengeziwe ngezinto eziningi. Ukube bekuyi-DUI futhi bekunguye umshayeli, besizokwenza isivivinyo. ”
Amaphoyisa akuqinisekisile ubuqotho besitimela se-balcony.
Isivakashi sehhotela u-Lori Hawkins ubesekamelweni eliseduze esitezi sesine futhi wathi uzwe othile ememeza ethi “Ungakwenzi, ungakwenzi.”
“Ngiwuzwile lo msindo omkhulu. Angizange ngicabange ukuthi kwakuyinto embi, ngabe sengibuka ekhoneni lehhotela lami,” kusho yena. “Ngisesitezi sesine ngabona lo mfana elele waqala wanyakaza. Wawa esuka esitezi sesithupha - lokho kuyathusa.”
Abasebenzi basehhotela basheshe bangena onqenqemeni - amafithi angama-36 ngaphansi kwevulandi - bedlula egumbini lezivakashi ukuze banqande uSenior ukuthi angawi futhi, kusho uKotsopoulos. UVasalakis ubizelwe ehhotela wathi lo mlisa ubekhuluma nabatakuli. Wayezama nokukhasa.
UKotsopoulos uthe le nkampani ayikaze ibe nesigameko esifuze lesi eminyakeni engu-30. Azikho izikhalo mayelana nomsebenzi egumbini lesitezi sesithupha ngaphambi kokuwa, esho.
I-Grand Plaza ayifani nengemuva le-spring break tomfoolery. Izihambeli ezindala bezizulazula olwandle ngoLwesithathu ekuseni njengoba amafu eshintsha ilanga, abasebenzi bezokunakekelwa kwempilo behlanza indawo yelanga futhi imindeni yadla nezingane ezincane endaweni yokudlela engasebhishi lapho indoda ifike yahlala khona.
Izihambeli zichaze ihhotela njengokuthi “liyacophelela” futhi alikubekezeleli ukuxokozela. Isigameko esinjalo siyiphupho elibi kubaqhubi bamahhotela abazama ukugcina isithombe esinjalo.
“Kube yiphupho elibi uma sicabanga ukuthi kukhona olimele kanzima,” kusho uKotsopoulos.
Bekungokwesibili ezinsukwini ezimbili lapho umuntu obukisayo ewa kuvulandi wehhotela laseFlorida wasinda.
NgoMsombuluko, uRoss Skarda wase-Arlington, eTexas, utholwe ngamaphoyisa asePanama City ezindundumeni zesihlabathi nama-sea oats eduze kwekhondomu yakhe engasebhishi. Okhulumela amaphoyisa uthe uSkarda ubedlala abangani wabe esewela onqenqemeni ngesikhathi isihlalo abemi kuso sishibilika sisuka ngaphansi kwakhe.
