{"id":42,"date":"2020-08-07T12:05:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T12:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/?p=42"},"modified":"2020-10-13T14:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:13:59","slug":"virus-diary-mariner-stuck-half-way-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/article-hero-top\/virus-diary-mariner-stuck-half-way-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Virus Diary: Mariner Stuck Halfway Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Virus Diary: Mariner Stuck Halfway Around the World<\/h1>\n<p>Sean O\u2019Connor \u201916 boarded a vessel in January and expected to be home in April, but the pandemic left him unable to leave ship and dockside in Singapore for months.<\/p>\n<p>Being stuck had its tense moments, but there was good camaraderie, reported a <em>Portland Press Herald<\/em> article<em>.<\/em> \u201cWe\u2026 hoped it would be a temporary arrangement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon finally making it home in mid-June, O\u2019Connor celebrated with a multi-day canoe trip with his family.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2020\/05\/2 O\u2019Connerf 7\/the-virus-diaries-mainer-stuck-halfway-around-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full <em>Portland Press Herald<\/em> Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you have a COVID-19 story to share? <a href=\"mailto:alumni@mma.edu\">Email us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virus Diary: Mariner Stuck Halfway Around the World<\/p>\n<p>Sean O\u2019Connor \u201916 boarded a vessel in January and expected to be home in April, but the pandemic left him unable to leave ship and dockside in Singapore for months.<\/p>\n<p>Being stuck had its tense moments, but there was good camaraderie, reported a <em>Portland Press Herald<\/em> article<em>.<\/em> \u201cWe\u2026 hoped it would be a temporary arrangement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon finally making it home in mid-June, O\u2019Connor celebrated with a multi-day canoe trip with his family.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2020\/05\/2 O\u2019Connerf 7\/the-virus-diaries-mainer-stuck-halfway-around-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full <em>Portland Press Herald<\/em> Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you have a COVID-19 story to share? <a href=\"mailto:alumni@mma.edu\">Email us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/article-hero-top\/virus-diary-mariner-stuck-half-way-around-the-world\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-august-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}