April 17, 1998 *
President Bill Clinton *
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. *20500 *
Dear Mr. President, *
*Because you are the most powerful man in the World and the father of
a 19 year old daughter, we are writing today to appeal for your help.
We are certain that you will understand our unimaginable terror
concerning the following. *
*Our 23 year old daughter, Amy Lynn Bradley, vanished from the cruise
ship "Rhapsody of the Seas" in the early morning hours of March 24,
1998. *We were on a family vacation along with our 21 year old son,
Brad. *The last three weeks have been a frantic nightmare for our
entire family. *
*Amy was last seen at
approximately 5:00 a.m. sleeping on our balcony.
When we awoke at 6:15 a.m., she was gone along with her
cigarettes and
lighter. *
At that time we were approaching the island of Curacao. *
After
searching for her and having her paged, we realized that something was
very wrong and reported her missing. *We were told that the ship was
being searched, by the crew members. *However, since then we have
learned that the extent of the search of the ship conducted in that
critical period was completely inadequate. *We pleaded with the
Captain to distribute a picture of Amy and *
to notify the other passengers of her disappearance, but we were told
that the other passengers could not be disturbed. *That afternoon the
Captain told us "your daughter is not on this ship". We then asked if
he was absolutely, positively certain that she was not on the ship,
and he said "yes". *Totally devastated, we then left the ship and the
ship sailed on *
time at 6:30 p.m. *Mr. President,
we now realize that the Captain did
not and could never have completely searched that ship in that amount
of time. *
By not conducting a thorough search and allowing the ship to sail on
schedule that afternoon
we feel that the Captain's decisions may have
put Amy's life in jeopardy! *
*Meanwhile, our family in Virginia was desperately calling anyone they
thought might be able to help, including Congressmen, newspapers,
FBI
agencies in San Juan, Barbados and St. Maarten. *The FBI then put
together a team and boarded the ship when it docked 2 days later on
Thursday in St. Maarten. *We also flew from Curacao to St. Maarten and
reboarded the ship, however, we were terrified at having lost 48
hours! *
*
The FBI investigation is ongoing, however we have not heard any news
to date. *
*This incident happened in international waters and we feel that we
have no rights!
*We have many concerns about the cruise line, the
Captain and the crew members. *We have learned some shocking things
through e-mails, phone calls and other correspondence. *
*Mr. President, we need your help. *With all of the abductions and
disappearances in South America and in that part of the world, I'm
sure you can understand our fears. *I am also appealing for help to
the Secretary of State, Madeleine K. Albright and to our Virginia
representatives, Governor *James Gilmore, *Congressmen Tom Bliley and
Norman Sisisky and Senators JohnWarner and Charles Robb. *
*As a United States citizen, Amy deserves more! *These ships sail from
American soil. *We have not heard from the cruise line in any way,
shape or form since March 24, 1998. *The Captain of the ship never one
time expressed *any compassion towards us in any way and we feel that
he lied to us concerning "searching" the ship. *He allowed passengers
to come and go all day and we believe cargo as well, *to leave the
ship after we notified him *
at 7:00 a.m.and then proceeded to leave on schedule that evening. *We
are outraged! *It was obvious that his concern was not disturbing his
passengers and we feel that his behavior was unconscionable! *
*We are pleading for your help in this devastating situation. *We want
our *Amy back! *Thank you for listening to our appeal. *We can be
reached at *Amy's Hot Line (804) 276-8503, or our home (804) 276-2204
or fax (804) 745-6133. *Amy's website is:
http://www.curanow.com/amy/.
If you have any questions or need any additional information we will
forward it to you. *
*Please help us find Amy! *Time is of the essence! *Thank you again! *
Sincerely, *
Ron and Iva Bradley *
4340 Roundhill Drive
Chestefield, Virginia *23832 *
cc: Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright *
*Governor James S. Gilmore, III *
*Congressman Tom Bliley *
*Congressman Norman Sisisky *
*Senator John Warner *
*Senator Charles S. Robb
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