Ke hooikaika nei ke Komisina Kaaikai Beverly Nicholson-Doty e pale aku i ka pana ana ma kahakai o ka lae o Coki mai ka luku ana i ka oihana kaapuni o ka teritori. Ma ka Pōʻalima, ua hui ʻo ia a me ke komisina ʻoihana makai VI Novelle Francis, Jr. me nā ʻelele mai nā laina holo moku nui ma ka Pōʻalima e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia palekana. Ua mālama ʻia ka hālāwai e ka Florida Caribbean Cruise Association.
Ma ka Pōʻakahi, Iulai 12, 2010, ʻo Liz Marie Pérez Chaparro, he 14 makahiki, ua hahau ʻia e ka pōkā i ka wā o ka pana ʻana ma kahi kokoke i ke kahakai ʻo Coki Point ma St. Thomas. He kaʻa ʻo ia ma ka Carnival Victory a e haʻalele ana ʻo ia iā Coral World ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa safari me kona ʻohana, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ke kaua pū ma kahi hale kanu kanu ma Coki Point Cemetery.
I ka wā i kū ai ka volley o nā pana, ua make ʻo Shaheel Joseph, 18 makahiki - e hele ana i ka hoʻolewa - ma ke alanui. Ua paʻi ʻia ʻo Liz Marie e ka pōkā hele hewa a ua holo wikiwiki ʻo ia i ka haukapila, kahi i make koke ai.
ʻO ka lua o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi o ka Carnival Victory, ua hōʻeha ʻia i ka hanana i ka wā i pā ai ka poka i kona papalina, a ua haʻi aku ʻo ia i kāna mea ʻike maka i nā mea noiʻi ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka moku i ke awa.
Ma ka Poalua nei, ua hopu aku na makai ia Steve Tyson no ka pana ana i ka Lae Coki. Ua kākoʻo ka luna kānāwai i ka hoʻopiʻi pepehi kanaka degere mua i ka Pōʻakolu a ua hōʻole ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana no Tyson i ka Pōʻalima. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Komisina Makai Novelle Francis Jr., aia paha nā hopu hou i hana koke ʻia.
ʻAʻole i hoʻihoʻi ʻia nā kelepona i ka Florida Caribbean Cruise Association no ka manaʻo i ka Pōʻalima, a ʻoiai ʻo Nicholson-Doty a me Francis ʻaʻole i hoʻihoʻi mai i nā kelepona ma ka manawa paʻi, ua hoʻopuka ʻo Francis i kahi ʻōlelo i kākau ʻia. Ua hoʻopuka pū ka Hale Aupuni i kahi leka i hoʻouna ʻia i nā hōkele a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi ma ka Pōʻalima.
ʻO ka leka a me ka ʻōlelo a Francis i kikoʻī i nā hana palekana i hoʻonui ʻia i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka 'Oihana Makai e mālama pono i ka palekana o nā malihini. Aia nā hana hou:
• ʻIke ʻia nā mākaʻikaʻi wāwae o ke kūlanakauhale, nā hōkele, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe i hele pinepine ʻia e nā malihini
• Hoʻonui ʻia nā mākaʻikaʻi kelepona o nā wahi ʻē aʻe me ka nui o nā malihini kipa
• Ka nānā ʻana, mālama ʻana, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā lako nānā palekana a me ka nānā ʻana i nā pahu kiʻi kiaʻi he 24 mau hola ma nā kūlanakauhale.
• ʻO ka ʻohi ʻana i ka naʻauao ma mua a i ka wā e kipa ai i nā wahi i hele pinepine ʻia e nā malihini
• E nānā pono i ka neʻe ʻana o nā malihini
• Hoʻonui i nā mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe o nā mākaʻikaʻi kaulana a puni ka mokupuni
"Pono kā mākou poʻe malihini e ʻoluʻolu a palekana i ko lākou noho ʻana," wahi a Francis ma ka ʻōlelo i kākau ʻia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he wahi palekana ka US Virgin Islands no ka poʻe malihini kipa, a he kakaikahi loa nā hewa i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ka leka e hana ana ke keʻena e hoʻomohala a hoʻomaka i kahi hoʻolaha kālepa US $ 1.2 miliona e hōʻike i nā ʻano maikaʻi o ka Virgin Islands. E hoʻomaka ʻia ka hoʻolaha i nā pule e hiki mai ana, wahi a Nicholson-Doty i ka leka.
Ua loaʻa i nā pana ʻana i ka nūhou nūhou aupuni, a ʻo ka hoʻopuka ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hakakā ʻana o ka Pōʻakahi i nā huakaʻi e hoʻomau nei i ka mana i nā blog pūnaewele i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka ʻoihana holo moana.
Ua hoʻopau ka hewa i ka ʻohana o ka poʻe i pepehi ʻia, ua weliweli ka Virgin Islanders, a ua hopohopo ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi honua no ka huakaʻi hele i St.
