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Senior trip to Dominican Republic descends into disaster after group falls ill
Posted on 6/18/19 at 12:45 am
Posted on 6/18/19 at 12:45 am
NY Post
A group of Oklahoma teens’ senior trip to the Dominican Republic was ruined when they fell sick with a mysterious illness.
The recent Deer Creek High School graduates flew on June 8 to the embattled Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana, where at least two Americans have died and others have fallen ill, news station KOTV reported.
Liz McLaughlin said her daughter, Libby, was among seven members of the group who fell sick — and they have “no idea what’s going on.”
“We just don’t know what is happening,” McLaughlin told the news station. “Is it the water? Is it the ice? Is it the food? Is it the food handling? Is it the pesticides?”
For the first day, the teens enjoyed themselves hanging out on the beach. But after dining at the resort’s Japanese restaurant, the trip took a turn for the worse, according to KOCO.
“I just woke up, and my stomach was cramping and I was sweating,” Bennet Hill told KOCO. “I was freezing.”
Hill and the six others were rushed by ambulance to the hospital, where they received anti-nausea medicine.
“We’ve been hooked up to IVs since we first got here with antibiotics, just getting hydrated,” Hill said.
A group of Oklahoma teens’ senior trip to the Dominican Republic was ruined when they fell sick with a mysterious illness.
The recent Deer Creek High School graduates flew on June 8 to the embattled Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana, where at least two Americans have died and others have fallen ill, news station KOTV reported.
Liz McLaughlin said her daughter, Libby, was among seven members of the group who fell sick — and they have “no idea what’s going on.”
“We just don’t know what is happening,” McLaughlin told the news station. “Is it the water? Is it the ice? Is it the food? Is it the food handling? Is it the pesticides?”
For the first day, the teens enjoyed themselves hanging out on the beach. But after dining at the resort’s Japanese restaurant, the trip took a turn for the worse, according to KOCO.
“I just woke up, and my stomach was cramping and I was sweating,” Bennet Hill told KOCO. “I was freezing.”
Hill and the six others were rushed by ambulance to the hospital, where they received anti-nausea medicine.
“We’ve been hooked up to IVs since we first got here with antibiotics, just getting hydrated,” Hill said.
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Posted on 6/18/19 at 12:48 am to MrLSU
Maybe it’s time to reconsider a trip to that shite hole?
Posted on 6/18/19 at 12:57 am to MrLSU
Why are people still going there? My gosh, if you go after all of these warnings, you deserve to die.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 2:13 am to MrLSU
DR DGAF
Posted on 6/18/19 at 2:20 am to Rebel
This could have been avoidable. There are plenty of coastal resorts in the United States.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 3:16 am to MrLSU
Sounds like food poisoning, something that happens every minute right here in the USA
The Dominican republic doesn’t have Marvin Zindler from Houston to throw the bullshite flag on their inspections by yelling they had SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!!
RIP Marv
The Dominican republic doesn’t have Marvin Zindler from Houston to throw the bullshite flag on their inspections by yelling they had SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!!
RIP Marv
This post was edited on 6/18/19 at 3:18 am
Posted on 6/18/19 at 3:29 am to MrLSU
Jose Vargas needs to do something.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 3:51 am to MrLSU
No way in hell I would've let my kid go there.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 4:11 am to MrLSU
How hard would it be to obtain samples of the drinks and food?
Posted on 6/18/19 at 4:25 am to LSU Alumnus
quote:
Sounds like food poisoning, something that happens every minute right here in the USA
I've had it bad twice. Thought I was going to die.
Both times from Pizza Hut. (separate stores) Both times pizza, not the shitty salad bar.
Will never eat there again.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 4:29 am to TexasTiger08
quote:
This could have been avoidable. There are plenty of coastal resorts in the United States.
You also cant drink at 18 at those either.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 5:43 am to EarlyCuyler3
I went to the Hard Rock in the DR last year and liked it. Glad I didn't die. Thought about taking the kids there this summer - that would have been bad.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 5:48 am to MrLSU
People only go there bc it’s cheap.
The Dominicans are terrible at hospitality.
The Dominicans are terrible at hospitality.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 5:51 am to MrLSU
A number of local BR kids got sick during their Senior Trip in PC last month. Same "stomach virus."
3rd world shitholes gonna third world shithole.
3rd world shitholes gonna third world shithole.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 6:00 am to MrLSU
Should have sent them to Aruba
Posted on 6/18/19 at 6:07 am to EarlyCuyler3
quote:
You also cant drink at 18 at those either.
You can at the coastal resort of Grand Isle, La.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 6:09 am to Rebel
quote:
Maybe it’s time to reconsider a trip to that shite hole?
Like stay in the US
Posted on 6/18/19 at 6:09 am to MrLSU
quote:
Is it the pesticides?”
Posted on 6/18/19 at 6:20 am to MrLSU
You never hear about these things happening on 30A.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 6:23 am to Rebel
quote:
Maybe it’s time to reconsider a trip to that shite hole?
But I've already decided to not ever go there.
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