SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Crowds jammed the cruise ship dock of San Juan on Thursday desperately hoping to get on board the Royal Caribbean cruise ship the Adventure of the Seas, which was sent to help evacuate people struggling to find a way off Puerto Rico following the destruction of Hurricane Maria. More than 2,000 people sweltered in the hot sun forming a line stretching down the shore and a pier. “We’ve been in this line forever and it is hot,” said Taylor McCloskey, who goes to school in Miami. It’s bad.”It wasn’t clear how many of those jamming the dock would get a spot on the ship. Puerto Rico officials said only about 800 of the 1,000 tourists caught on the island would be boarding, while the other passengers would be Puerto Ricans leaving the island or friends and family of Royal Caribbean employees.

Source: National Post September 28, 2017 22:41 UTC