Later that afternoon, I did my usual walk around the pool areas of deck 9, noticed the Carters (Nick, Bob, Jane, and a few others) chatting by the adult pool section and found a comfortable place near the stern to read a book.
Overhead was announced "Brightstar deck 9!" three times. Since I work in an acute medical care facility, I said to myself "that sounds an awful lot like a 'Code Blue'" which would be a cardiac arrest. I decided to take a walk. Down by the adult pool, the medical team from the ship was busily trying to resuscitate a man around 42 years of age. At first, I thought it might have been one of the Carters because they were sitting nearby not 30 minutes earlier, but it was NOT one of the Carters, thankfully.
The ship's medical team seemed to be doing everything correctly and according to the book. The gentleman apparently had been playing basketball with some of the young kids and collapsed on the deck. I asked a bystander how long had they been trying to revive the man and was told 25 minutes. This was not good, and the man did not survive. Adding to the tragedy, this man died on a Bahamian flagged ship in port in the Bahamas and there would probably be an incredible amount of red tape involved to get him back to the States. The Disney medical staff did all that they could possibly do. Some passengers called home to assure their families that they themselves were well, in case the incident made the news in the States.
It is interesting to note that fans constantly surrounded Aaron and Nick was left relatively unmolested.
Since Nick and Bob had won the Offshore Grand Prix, there was a lot of congratulations and celebration. Let's just say that at least one Carter had an incredible hangover the next morning.
Later that evening, it was basketball as usual on deck 10. Aaron one-on-one or in team play with Nick, other kids or his staff and dancers. It must be the way that he is built, but the shirtless Carter had a fairly difficult time keeping his pants up. There was one rather loud parent who kept on shouting "Aaron! pull up your pants!" to which AC performed an exaggerated act of compliance.
After nightfall, the adult Carter clan moved to deck 3 for nightclub activities. Aaron and friends basically took over the pool decks for water polo and volleyball while the pre-adolescent girls plotted the nightly stake out of his stateroom...7032 deck 7 forward.