On a bright September morning, San Juan’s waterfront erupted in confusion: a man leapt from a docked cruise ship, was hauled from the sea by jet skiers, and landed in federal custody. Behind the spectacle lay gambling debts and undeclared cash.
A Leap That Stopped a Port in Its Tracks
The jump came just after breakfast, when passengers were shuffling down gangways and porters were loading luggage onto trolleys. At around 9:15 A.M. on September 7, witnesses say a passenger hurled himself from Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas as it idled at San Juan’s pier.
The ship towers twelve decks above the harbor. Authorities have not said which level the man, identified as Jey Gonzalez-Diaz, chose, but hundreds of…