There are two versions of Micky Arison.
One is the billionaire deeply involved in the success of his professional basketball team, the Miami Heat. That Arison is close with the players, attends nearly every home game and talks often about the team on Twitter.
The other is the CEO of cruise company Carnival -- he remains largely silent during company disasters.
It happened in 2010, when an engine fire knocked a cruise ship offline and forced nearly 4,500 to spend three days stranded in the Pacific. It happened last year during the Costa Concordia shipwreck, which killed 32 off the coast of Italy.
And it's happening again.
This week, an engine fire left 4,229 trapped for five days aboard the Carnival Triumph surrounded by pools of urine and feces piling in hallways.
His only reference to the incident came Friday afternoon, when he tweeted, "We are very sorry for the difficult conditions experienced by our guests on #CarnivalTriumph but glad that all guests are off safe & sound."
Arison has yet to speak to the media or grant interviews. Instead, that task was left to a regional cruise manager. The company's cruise line chief executive, Gerry Cahill, spoke as the ship finally arrived Thursday night in Mobile, Ala.
"I know the conditions onboard were very poor," Cahill told reporters. "I know it was very difficult, and I want to apologize again for subjecting our guests to that. We pride ourselves in providing our guests with a great vacation experience, and clearly we failed in this particular case."
The difference between the two Arisons became even more apparent on Tuesday night. While the Triumph slowly drifted toward land, Arison sat in the stands at Miami's AmericanAirlines Arena and watched as his players defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 117-104.
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