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TEN SURVIVORS REMAIN: GINA CREWS VOTED OUT
April 4, 2002
On Day 18, after a heartbreaking Tribal Council, Gina Crews, the 29-year-old nature guide from Gainesville, Florida, was voted out of the Maraamu tribe. As the only remaining member of the original Maraamu tribe, Gina blended in well with her newly-formed tribe. However, the vote proved that old tribal lines still ran strong as she became the sixth castaway voted off the island. As Gina's torch was extinguished, she exited Tribal Council and confessed, "I love you guys and understand the vote tonight. I have had the time of my life." ( Gina's Final Words
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Tribal Baptism
On the morning of Day 16, the four original members of the Rotu tribe, consisting of Robert DeCanio, the 38-year-old limo driver from Queens, NY, John Carroll, the 36-year-old registered nurse from Omaha, Nebraska, Zoe Zanidakis, the 35-year-old fishing boat captain from Monhegan Island, Maine, and Tammy Leitner, the 29-year-old crime reporter from Mesa, Arizona, gathered at the waterfall for a strategy session, led by John, the self-proclaimed leader. "Everyone knows I am the leader, everyone knows I am running the show," John confidently reiterated. Cautious of being too outspoken, Robert, happy to have John lead the way, explained, "Right now it's time for me to sit back and relax and let him take the grief. He's going to be the one to be the target."
Comfortable with his position in the tribe and wanting a fresh start, a naked John Carroll leapt from the rocks and into the water below. "That was definitely a powerful moment. Symbolically it showed that we have reached another level of our relationship with one another. I would not have been comfortable doing that in front of the other three," John explained. ( Robert DeCanio on John's skinny dip )
