Governor Bryan Wishes "Sam the Sailor" Godspeed Following His Release from Schneider Hospital - Government of the United States Virgin Islands
Governor Bryan Wishes "Sam the Sailor" Godspeed Following His Release from Schneider Hospital - Government of the United States Virgin Islands Governor Bryan Wishes "Sam the Sailor" Godspeed Following His Release from Schneider Hospital - Government of the United States Virgin Islands Government of the United States Virgin Islands Home Governor Albert Bryan Jr Pressroom Executive Orders The Cabinet Government of the United States Virgin Islands Home Governor Albert Bryan Jr Pressroom Executive Orders The Cabinet © 2026 Government of the United States Virgin Islands Governor Bryan Wishes “Sam the Sailor” Godspeed Following His Release from Schneider Hospital Search Latest Comments No comments to show. July 31 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Governor Albert Bryan Jr. told “Sam the Sailor” he is always welcome in the U.S. Virgin Islands after he was released from Schneider Hospital on Friday following his successful battle against COVID-19. …
Download the original document · Plain text (TXT) · Browse the archive · How this archive works
Original source: https://www.vi.gov/governor-bryan-wishes-sam-the-sailor-godspeed-following-his-release-from-schneider-hospital/
SHA-256 828b34af6398f42b227ef3e7b220ba4b6f57f1dcfe117927233e69f80fa1cf27
Re-using this document
A public record of the Government of the Virgin Islands, published by the agency itself. No copyright is asserted on it and 17 U.S.C. § 105 does not reach territorial government, so it publishes as a territorial public record.
Our description, tagging, arrangement, extracted text and machine transcripts are released under CC0 1.0. We assert nothing about the document itself.
Archive identifier LF-828b34af6398
Document text
Governor Bryan Wishes "Sam the Sailor" Godspeed Following His Release from Schneider Hospital - Government of the United States Virgin Islands Governor Bryan Wishes "Sam the Sailor" Godspeed Following His Release from Schneider Hospital - Government of the United States Virgin Islands Government of the United States Virgin Islands Home Governor Albert Bryan Jr Pressroom Executive Orders The Cabinet Government of the United States Virgin Islands Home Governor Albert Bryan Jr Pressroom Executive Orders The Cabinet © 2026 Government of the United States Virgin Islands Governor Bryan Wishes “Sam the Sailor” Godspeed Following His Release from Schneider Hospital Search Latest Comments No comments to show. July 31 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Governor Albert Bryan Jr. told “Sam the Sailor” he is always welcome in the U.S. Virgin Islands after he was released from Schneider Hospital on Friday following his successful battle against COVID-19. Rolly Tolentino, 47, was admitted to Schneider Hospital in critical condition on May 7 after being rescued from a freighter that was passing by the Territory. Governor Bryan allowed Mr. Tolentino, who was suffering from COVID-19, be admitted to the hospital in the Territory after the vessel was denied entry into Puerto Rico. The Governor dubbed Mr. Tolentino “Sam the Sailor” to protect his privacy when he would give updates on “Sam’s” condition during COVID-19 press briefings. Mr. Tolentino is now COVID-free and is being transported back to his home in the Philippines, according to Schneider officials. During a bon voyage send-off Friday morning at the hospital, Schneider Interim CEO Dr. Luis Amaro and St. Thomas-St. John-Water Island Administrator Avery Lewis escorted Mr. Tolentino, while hospital staff lined the hallways cheering and applauding. “It is great to see our tradition of holding out a welcome to one and all was not in vain,” Governor Bryan said Friday morning. “Much thanks to our healthcare workers and the staff at Schneider Hospital for nursing our guest back to health. We wish Sam the Sailor Godspeed and hope he knows he will always have a home in the Virgin Islands.” ### TAGS No tags CATEGORIES Uncategorized Previous Next Comments are closed © 2026 Government of the United States Virgin Islands.