HAYWARD, Calif. - A Hayward couple says they were left stranded in the ocean while snorkeling on their honeymoon.
It happened in Maui about 18 months ago, and now they’ve filed a $5 million lawsuit against the tour boat company. The attorney says it was a pretty scary situation for the newlyweds who realized that they’d been left behind.
They survived, but the attorney says the couple believes their lives were put in danger. "Once they realized the boat had left them, they were obviously distraught and upset, and they had no choice except to swim to the nearest land mass which was Lana’i," said attorney Jared Waskowitz, of JAW Legal in Hawaii.
Waskowitz says what should have been a great experience in Maui, turned into a nightmare for his clients Elizabeth Webster and Alexander Burckle.