乗客の父「本当に悔しい」　船上でプロポーズ計画―北海道・知床

　恋人の誕生日祝いで北海道北見市から知床を訪れ、観光船「ＫＡＺＵ　I（カズワン）」に乗船していた２０代男性と恋人は今も行方が分からない。船上でプロポーズする計画だったといい、船が出港した斜里町のウトロ港を訪れた男性の父は２５日、「本当に悔しい」と涙ながらに語った。
　「クルーズに行ってきます」。男性は付き合っていた女性と乗船する直前、父の携帯電話に約１０秒の動画を送った。だがその後、連絡が取れなくなった。
　事故後、男性が船上で恋人にプロポーズする計画を立てていたことを人づてに聞いた。記念すべき日の惨事に、父は涙をこらえきれず、「本当に許せない」と声を震わせた。
　父は報道で事故を知り、事故当日の２３日に帯広市から知床に急行。観光船を運航する「知床遊覧船」（斜里町）には「不信感しかない」と憤る。２４日の家族説明会に参加したが「情報が少なすぎる。あまりにもずさん。なぜこういう事故になったのか説明は何もない」と語った。
　現場海域周辺では昼夜を問わず、捜索が続く。地元・ウトロ漁業協同組合の漁船と観光船は２５日午前６時ごろ出港。深山和彦組合長は「同じ海に出る者として早く見つけてあげたい」と話した。（2022/04/25-11:57）

The father of a male passenger on a sightseeing boat that went missing off the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido expressed on Monday sorrow and anger over the incident as he visited the port where the ship departed and awaited news of his son's fate.
   The man's son, in his 20s, and his girlfriend were on the Kazu I, which lost contact Saturday after its departure the same day. They were visiting the Shiretoko area in the eastern part of Hokkaido from the city of Kitami, also in the prefecture, to celebrate the girlfriend's birthday. The man and the girlfriend remain unaccounted for after the ship incident.
   Before boarding the boat at Utoro port in the town of Shari, located in the Shiretoko Peninsula, the son sent to his father's mobile phone a video of roughly 10 seconds saying that he and his girlfriend were about to go on a cruise. They have not been in contact since then.
   After the accident, the father heard from another person that his son had been planning on proposing to his girlfriend aboard the ship. The boat was carrying 24 passengers, including two children, and two crew members. "It's truly inexcusable," the father said of the tragedy on what was supposed to be a day of celebration, as he broke into tears.
   The man rushed to Shiretoko from the Hokkaido city of Obihiro on Saturday, upon learning of the news on the accident. "All I feel is a sense of distrust," the father said of Shiretoko Yuransen, the operator of the tour boat.