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In this Monday, May 19, 2014 photo, the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Ecstasy leaves the Port of Miami as it passes Miami Beach, Fla.(Photo: AP)
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A Florida couple witnessed the gruesome aftermath of a crew member’s death onboard a Carnival cruise ship earlier this week.
Around 6:15 p.m. on Dec. 27, a cruise ship worker was killed while working on an elevator onboard the Carnival Ecstasy, according to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Carnival spokeswoman<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jayme Eglin.
Miami-Dade police identified the victim as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jose Sandoval Opazo, 66, who worked as an electrician onboard the ship<span style="color: Red;">*</span>WFTX-TV<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reported.
Matt Davis of Fort Myers, Fla., said he and his family boarded the ship in Miami on Christmas Day. On Sunday evening,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>they were on their way to dinner when they saw blood streaming down the doors of an elevator.
"To look and see the elevator with just blood coming down like a sheet, and not stopping... it was a real life scene of The Shining," Davis told WFTX.
Davis captured video of the elevator doors struggling<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to close.
He said crew members tried to usher passengers away from the doors following the incident and 45 minutes later the elevator was sectioned off.
"Somebody was inside or behind that wall when the elevator came down, and I don't know what happened, but something terrifying happened," Davis told WFTX.
Matt Davis of Fort Meyers, Fla., said he and his family boarded the Carnival Ecstasy in Miami on Christmas Day. They were on their way to dinner when they saw blood streaming down the doors of an elevator.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Screenshot, WFTX-TV)
Carnival is providing support to those affected, according to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Eglin.
Eglin said a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“full investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.”
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