On Wednesday night’s episode of 7.30, a man whose wife died of COVID-19, after travelling on the Ruby Princess cruise ship, vowed to seek justice for her death.
“I’m angry,” Graeme Lake, who lost his wife Karla, told the program.
“The cruise has ruined us. It broke me, it’s broken the kids, the grandkids,” he continued.
“She didn’t deserve it. She went on the cruise for her birthday so it’s really devastating. Even now I’m still struggling.”
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Graeme and Karla Lake are just some of the human faces behind the Ruby Princess cruise ship disaster.
At the time of publishing, 18 passengers from the ship have died and hundreds of confirmed cases of coronavirus have been linked to the Ruby Princess.
In fact, the cruise ship, which set sail on March 8 just hours after sick passengers disembarked, is currently responsible for more than 10 per cent of all coronavirus cases in Australia.
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Does anyone else feel like Karl Stefanovic is trying to suck up to the Australian people by attacking every politician every chance he gets? It’s not working Karl. I still can’t stand you.
Whether you like Karl or not, the NSW Government is responsible for the spread of Coronavirus throughout Australia. Gladys seems to have no power over any of her ministers, otherwise a couple of them should have been sacked.
Meanwhile, I bet you'd be just as critical if he just went down the easy route of asking soft, non-incisive questions of politicians. You don't like him. So don't watch his show. Clearly you're still tuning in though, if you're commenting on his content.
Nah, just tired of seeing him mentioned here. I don't even click on stories about him, except this one to express my disgust that once again, Channel nine has just 'rested' one of its old-school, chauvanistic dinosaurs then resurrected him as if he never did anything unpalatable. I'm sure he's well-loved in outback Queensland though. He and Barnaby should be drinking pals.