Special: Overnight Safety
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It was reported today at Nick (Nicolas) Aaronson, a US Airways flight attendant based in Phoenix, Ariz., was found murdered in his hotel room in Mexico City (MEX) this morning.
His crew only learned of Nick’s fate when he didn’t show in the lobby for this 6am van to the airport. A Mexican Newspaper reports that Nick was in room 1212 and when they entered they found him on the floor next to his bed with his hands bound behind his back and his belt was wrapped around his neck. His clothes were scattered from his luggage all around the floor leading from his bed to the door. For the time being US Airways has relocated all overnighting crews to a different location.
The investigation is still in it’s early stages, but I wanted to post about this article because I’ve flown with Nick at my previous airline numerous times and used to routinely see him out and about around Phoenix when I used to live there.
Please let this post serve as a reminder to all crewmembers: Don’t be complacent when on an overnight at a hotel. Make sure you’re constantly aware of our surroundings and if need be have another flight attendant or pilot assist you with a room check prior to closing the door for the night. Crewmembers are routinely a target for attack, and you can never be too careful.
My thoughts are with Nick’s family, close friends and those crewmembers who were working with him.
Mexican Newspaper Article - English
Mexico City October 29, 2011 .- A U.S. citizen was found dead this morning with signs of strangulation in a luxurious room of the Hilton Hotel on Avenida Juarez between Calle José Azueta and Revillagigedo, in the Historic Center, Delegation Cuauhtémoc. The deceased was identified as Nick Aaronson and was steward of the airline U.S. Airways. Minutes after 06:00 hours on Saturday, the companions of the victim, also surcharges despertalo went to his room, number 1212, but as they answer calls to hotel staff and entering found him unconscious, naked , lying face down beside the bed, hands tied behind them with a belt and another belt around his neck, also realized that his luggage was sprinkled on the floor of the room between the bed and the door to the hallway . The hotel management called the 066 emergency telephone, minutes after police arrived 23-67 P Patrol Alameda sector of the SSP-DF and ambulance paramedics, who found that he had died from suffocation by being strangled with a belt. The uniformed gave notice of what happened to the Public Ministry in the Territorial Coordination CUH-2, which initiated a preliminary investigation for the crime of homicide and other causes that may be.
UPDATE
Mexican officials said on Monday they arrested a male prostitute for the murder of a U.S. Airways flight attendant strangled to death in his hotel room during a layover stop in Mexico City. Nick Aaronson, 27, was found bound and face down next to his hotel bed in Mexico City after he picked up the 20-year-old Jose Luis Ramirez at a nearby bar, Mexico City prosecutors said. Ramirez, known as “The Shadow,” beat Aaronson, strangling him with a belt before fleeing with his money, they said. Security cameras showed the two entering the hotel, with Aaronson signing Ramirez in as a guest. Ramirez, who has been in jail before, admitted to entering Aaronson’s room and beating him. He shaved his head to avoid detection but authorities found him around the same bar in Mexico City’s historical center where he and Aaronson first met. Anita Aaronson, Nick’s mother, poured out her emotion on her Facebook page, posting videos of the young redhead singing karaoke. She said on Sunday the Federal Bureau of Investigation called her to say her son’s killer was in custody. “I can’t stop thinking about my boy, he died in such an awful way, I keep thinking of his pain and fear,” she wrote. “My beautiful boy I can’t stop crying I want him back.”
