Was crew pressured to stay on Wave Dancer?
The first of two Belizean crewmembers who perished while aboard the dive boat Wave Dancer was buried this afternoon in Corozal. Eloisa Johnson, the boat’s cook, died with nineteen others on Monday night when the Wave Dancer capsized in the port of Big Creek while trying to ride out Hurricane Iris. Tonight, one member of the boat’s crew tells News 5 that even though the Belizeans wanted to seek shelter inland, the captain told them that if they left, they would be fired. Angela Luk, the assistant cook, decided that her life was worth more than her job and walked away…but couldn’t convince the others to go with her. Janelle Chanona reports. Angela Luk, Assistant Cook, Wave Dancer “I don’t think you should worry about comfort and those things when the hurricane coming directly to you. You should just run for your life.” Janelle Chanona, Reporting That’s exactly what twenty-five year old Angela Luk did on Monday night. Luk had been employed as the relief assistant cook aboard the dive bo
