Cruise line offered counseling after airport shooting

The company offered free counseling via a hotline run by emergency management company Empathia on at least two of its ships — one that departed Friday night and another that left Saturday, company spokeswoman Sally Andrews said.

The shooter retrieved his luggage at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport's Terminal 2 in the early afternoon with a legally checked, unloaded pistol and ammunition, went to a bathroom to load up, then came out and started firing.

The rampage killed five people, wounded six and touched off chaos that prompted police to lock down the airport until evening, causing delays and separating many people from their belongings.

Mark Lea, 53, of Elk River, Minnesota, witnessed the shooting, helped a wounded woman, photographed the shooter's weapon in the baggage claim area — then spent much of Friday night in the airport, waiting to be released from the crime scene by authorities.

There was also a matter of luggage; the airport's director says 25,000 pieces of luggage, cellphones and other belongings were separated from their owners during the shooting rampage.