Coronavirus: Dayton couple on stricken cruise ship back home

A Dayton-area couple — passengers aboard a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship who then spent two weeks isolated at a federal facility — is back home.

Alan Kilbourne and Amy Doty-Kilbourne boarded the Grand Princess more than a month ago on Feb. 21. They arrived in Dayton early Tuesday morning.

“We are trying to get things in order here at home after being gone so long,” Alan wrote Tuesday via Messenger. “We are feeling well and happy to be back in the Dayton area.”

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The interrupted Hawaiian cruise, which was scheduled to disembark March 7 in San Francisco, made international headlines after two guests and 19 crew members tested positive for COVID-19 during onboard screenings. The ship was turned away from San Francisco and eventually allowed to dock in Oakland on March 9.

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Both Alan and Amy work as nurses. Amy is a nurse at Soin Medical Center and also serves as a reservist, and Alan works at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as an analyst, Alan said during an earlier interview.

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