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Elder passenger left by Norwegian cruise had stroke, left ‘alone’ to find way back to US from Africa

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An elderly American woman suffered a stroke during an African island excursion on the Norwegian Cruise Line voyage that stranded six Americans and two Australians — and was left “alone” and “helpless” to find her way back to the US, according to her family.

Julie Lenkoff, 80, began experiencing vision and memory loss last week while on a cruise-sponsored tour of the island of São Tomé, according to WPDE.

“That happens, that’s not their fault, we get that,” her son-in-law Kurt Gies told KTVU of his mother-in-law’s medical emergency.

“It’s how you treat that person and how you tend to that person, and how you tend to that person is what they failed at.”

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