AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Minnesota pastor dies after spinal injury in cruise ship pool during son's wedding celebration
Stephen Junker, a 58-year-old Minnesota pastor and father of five, died weeks after being found face down in a cruise ship pool off the coast of Italy, a trip meant to celebrate his son's wedding. Junker was pulled from a pool aboard the Sun Princess cruise ship in mid-August, unresponsive and suffering from a spinal […] The post Minnesota pastor dies after spinal injury in cruise ship pool during son's wedding celebration appeared first on American Almanac .
Stephen Junker, a 58-year-old Minnesota pastor and father of five, died weeks after being found face down in a cruise ship pool off the coast of Italy, a trip meant to celebrate his son's wedding. Junker was pulled from a pool aboard the Sun Princess cruise ship in mid-August, unresponsive and suffering from a spinal cord injury. The Italian coast guard airlifted him to a hospital in Naples, where surgeons performed emergency spinal cord surgery. The operation could not reverse the damage. Junker was left quadriplegic and unable to breathe without a ventilator. On August 23, he was transferred to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for further treatment. But additional diagnostic testing delivered the worst possible news. His daughter…Open