Friends traveling with a missing American couple on a yacht say they feel safer in most parts of the Caribbean than in parts of the United States, and three escaped convicts who hijacked the boat. He said he wonders if the four of them could have stopped it.
Pete and Tammy Sisson of Rhode Island said they felt so safe while traveling with Ralph Hendry and his wife, Kathy Blundell, that they left their boat moored that day and never closed the door. . According to WAVY.
Authorities said Hendry, 66, and Blundell, 71, who set sail with the Virginia couple earlier this month, were likely killed and thrown overboard.
Pete Sisson told the station: “My plan was to get off the boat that day and leave the door unlocked.” “We felt safer in many of the Caribbean islands than we did in parts of the United States, and they were no different.”
Mr. and Mrs. Sisson, along with another friend, went on a catamaran with Mr. Hendry and Mr. Blundell, and each night they thanked themselves for their good fortune, Pete said.
“We all sat together and ate dinner, and Ralph made sure we all put our hands together and said a little prayer,” Pete added.
“We were grateful to be living the lives we were living, and we loved and prayed for those who were not as fortunate as we were.”
The Sissons then traveled together to Antigua for 11 days, then flew home, while Hendry and Blundell remained in Grenada. Tammy told WJAR.
“I’d like to think that if there were four people on that boat, this wouldn’t have happened,” Pete added.
“Several items were scattered on the deck and in the cabin, and a red substance resembling blood was observed on board,” Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Officer Junior Simmons said at a press conference on Monday. He said there were signs that a violent struggle had taken place. meeting.
Authorities continued to search for the body this week, with Royal Grenada Police Commissioner Don McKenzie believing the body was “disposed of” while the yacht was sailing from Grenada to St. Vincent.
Ron Mitchell, 30, Trevon Robertson, 19, and Abita Stanislaus, 25, were arrested in St. Vincent. The three men were charged and pleaded guilty to immigration-related charges, but no formal charges have been filed in connection with the presumed tragic deaths of Hendry and Blundell.
“At first I thought it wouldn’t be as bad as I thought, but I was hopeful that they would be found,” Sison told WAVY about the moment she learned her friends were missing.
The family had hoped the couple would be found alive, but their heartbroken son Nick Breaux and Brian Hendry posted a statement on GoFundMe on Tuesday, saying: “Our parents, Kathy Blundell and Ralph… “I am incredibly saddened to hear the news that Mr. Hendry is now presumed dead.” ”
“Ralph and Kathy sailed the East Coast of the United States, lived in their home in Simplicity, made friends with everyone they met, and sang, danced, and laughed with friends and family in a way most of us can only dream of. That’s what Ralph and Kathy did, and that’s how they will be remembered in our hearts. ”
