Carolyn Piro and her four sons planned to celebrate Christmas together on a cruise.
The New Jersey-based family spent Christmas Eve in Mexico, where their Celebrity Cruises ship had stopped. “We went to Cozumel and we swam with the dolphins,” Piro, 61, told USA TODAY. “It was really fun.”
But when they returned to the ship, Piro’s son Sean Curran, 31, who has autism, went to the pool on his own. Shortly after, she was summoned to the ship’s security office, where they were told Curran had 90 minutes to pack his bags and disembark after he bought a cocktail for a teen guest.
The girl asked Curran to buy her a Long Island iced tea, which he said he did not realize had alcohol. “Sean thinks a Long Island iced tea is an iced tea from Long Island,” Piro said.
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