OF THE SHIPS AND MANY ARE SICK. MATT LUPOLI SPOKE WITH A LOCAL MAN ON BOARD TONIGHT. >> IT’S A DIFFICULT SITUATION. MATT: ALBERTO SILVA CALLS TITUSVILLE HOME, BUT TONIGHT I ANOTHER TO BE SPENT AT SEA. FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS, HE’S BEEN IN A CABIN NIGHT AND DAY. EXCEPT WHEN HE WAS MOVED ONTO HOLLAND AMERICA’S ROTTERDAM FROM ITS SISTER SHIP ZAANDAM. >> I’M WORRIED MORE ABOUT HAVING TO SPLIT UP WITH MY BROTHER. MATT: HIS BROTHER, WHO HE WAS TRAVELING WITH WASN’T FEELING , WELL AND WAS KEPT ON THE ZANDAAM. >> THEY HAD TO CONFINE US TO OUR CABINS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF WHATEVER WAS HAPPENING ON THE SHIP. MATT: SILVA SAYS WHEN THEY FIRST BOARDED THE ZAANDAM ON MARCH 7, THE WORLD AROUND IT SEEMED LIKE A DIFFERENT PLACE. >> AT THE TIME THE CORONAVIRUS WAS NOT A WORLD PANDEMIC AS IT IS NOW. MATT: IN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED, EVERYTHING CHANGED. NOW, FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AT SEA, AT LEAST TWO FROM CORONAVIRUS, AND NEARLY 200 MORE ARE DEALING WITH FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS. >> BOTH SHIPS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO REMAIN OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY OF U.S. WATERS. MATT: AFTER SEVERAL PORTS IN OTHER COUNTIES TURNED THEM AWAY, NOW ABOUT 2500 PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS ARE WAITING TO HEAR WHETHER THEIR SHIPS CAN DOCK IN FORT LAURDERDALE. >> THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON THESE CRUISE SHIPS, THE PEOPLE PROVIDING SERVICES TO US, THERE’S NOT A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THEM. THEY ARE AS MUCH IN NEED AS ALL THE PASSENGERS. MATT: AS A FLORIDIAN, SILVA SAY HE HOPES THE STATE WILL ACCEPT AND HELP EVERYONE, NOT JUST FLORIDA RESIDENTS. >> WELL WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO HELP US DURING HURRICANES, AND NOW IT’S OUR TURN TO COME UP AT B . MY HOPE IS EVERYONE CAN DISEMBARK AND GO HOME.