amanda butler, your mother suffered a medical emergency in 2013 on a carnival cruise. and as i indicated, probably passed away from a lack of adequate medical care. >> senator rockefeller, members of the committee, i appreciate the opportunity to tell my mother's story, to share what we have learned and to offer recommendations, from our perspective in an effort to insure that no other family will go through what we had to experience. my mother experienced a catastrophic health event on a family cruise april 18th, 2013. she subsequently passed away on may 4th with the cause of death listed as a brain injury. she was a woman who loved life, loved her family. she had a general -- generous heart. she was a faithful and devoted wife and mother who was there to nurture her children, support her husband and provide care and kindness to many individuals in our community of columbus, mississippi. in fact, more than 800 people came from the community to her visitation. we had just returned from a short excursion on april 18th, passed through security and were planning events fo

amanda butler, your mother suffered a medical emergency in 2013 on a carnival cruise. and as i indicated, probably passed away from a lack of adequate medical care. >> senator rockefeller, members of the committee, i appreciate the opportunity to tell my mother's story, to share what we have learned and to offer recommendations, from our perspective, in an effort tone sure that no other family will go through what we had to experience. my mother experienced a catastrophic health event on a family cruise april 18th, 2013. she subsequently passed away on may 4th with the cause of death listed as a brain injury. she was a woman who loved life, loved her family. she had a general -- generous heart. she was a faithful and devoted wife and mother who was there to nurture her children, support her husband and provide care and kindness to many individuals in our community of columbus, mississippi. in fact, more than 800 people came from the community to her visitation. we had just returned from a short excursion on april 18th, passed through security and were planning events f

amanda butler. your mother suffered a medical emergency. in 2013 on a- carnival cruise.probably passed away from the -- a lack of adequate medical care. >> senator rockefeller and members of the committee, i create the earth -- i appreciate the opportunity to tell my mother's story and offer recommendations from our perspective in an effort to ensure no other family will go through what we experienced. my mother experienced a catastrophic health event on a family cruise. she subsequently passed away on may 4 to read -- the fourth. -- passed away on may 4. see had a generous heart. she was a faithful and devoted wife and mother who was there for her children. more than 800 people came to her visitation. we had just returned from a shore excursion and passed through security. we were planning events for the evening when she collapsed. she had no pulse. she was not breathing. to security ran personnel. all they did was see off the entrance and exit so nobody could see there was a problem. they did not step forward to help my mother. nobody indicated they were calling for he

. >>> amanda butler, your mom suffered a car accident in 2013 and likely passed away from a lack of medical care? >> senator, members of the committee, i apresh yat the opportunity to tell my mother's story. to share what we have learned and to learn what recommend daktss from our perspective and ensure that we have no other sneerns. she subsequent lip passed away on may 4th. she had a generous heart. she was there to support her her children and provide care and kiejdness of columbus, mississippi. in fact, more than 800 peej came from the community to your visitation. she had no pulgs. she was not breathing. o i ran into security personnel in the area, but all they did was sell off the entrance. they did not step forward. period. i ran down the corridors. the nurse had a radio, no defib rilator and no medical equipment. she waited for a gurney to arrive. she did not initiate cpr. they had to unlock the doors, turn on the lights and prepare for the examination process. they set up a portable defib rilator. after four cycles, her pulgs did return. never the less, once rhesus tated, we were i

just for the benefit of the members of the committee, what amanda butler has been talking about, in part, is i would have to lose 60 years off my present life length and have triple strong glasses and probably a magnifying glass to be able to read what you're talking about. >> yes. >> i mean, i gave it to bill nelson and -- well, he's getting older, too. i mean, you give up your liability. you have no idea that you're doing that, one, because you can't read this thing. i'm breaking protocol and i apologize. you give things up, you don't know what. you can't possibly read this. when you're buying a ticket, you're in a hurry. that's the whole point, and in this is your whole trip. >> right. >> so to speak. and it's just, to me, deceitful, easy to correct and unnecessary. >> if you don't mind, could i make one more statement, senator? >> yes. >> carnival is suing my father and myself over $1200. literally. for the lack of medical care that we received after they dumped us off on an island completely alone. you do give up all of your rights. my mother was loved and the hot tropical sun and s