Day 13--at Sea

a nice sunrise.. then a bit of unplanned excitement as the Captain announced at about 830am that we were about to do an Emergency Med-Evac with the US Coast Guard Helicopter off the northeast coast of Cuba .. the patient was in need of immediate medical treatment.. the Helicopter made the rescue as planned using their drop basket off the bow of the ship.. all went well... by 930am another announcement 'Brightstar' the ship's code for immediate emergency medical  onboard response..  this patient didn't make it and passed away.. we found out that it was one of the regular every nite Blackjack players who we've been playing with.. a sad story as we sailed with Mark a number of times in the past and we knew him..   after that we stayed on the Navigation Deck-aft for the rest of the day sunny 85*.. our last formal nite in the dining room--surf and turf... followed by a great show in the showroom with two of the ship's cast's singers..