Two American passengers from Carnival Cruise Line ships drowned in separate incidents on Friday (August 15) at Celebration Key, a private resort in the Bahamas. The resort, a $600 million facility that opened in July, was the site of these tragic events, according to authorities.

The first incident involved a 79-year-old man who was snorkeling off one of the beaches at Celebration Key. Around noon, he became unresponsive, and despite efforts by a lifeguard and medical professionals to revive him, he was pronounced dead by a doctor. The man was a passenger on the Carnival Cruise Line ship Mardi Gras.

Later that day, around 2:30 p.m., a 74-year-old woman was found unresponsive in a swimming pool at the same resort. A lifeguard performed CPR, but she could not be revived. She was a pa

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