Hero of Costa Rica Cruise Eludes Media
The group of 12 tourists from the Carnival cruise ship Liberty, who were attacked by three armed muggers in Costa Rica last week, made it safely back to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday.

One of those tourists, a man in his 70s who has not been identified, broke the neck of one attacker, killing him, according to police in Limón>

The other two assailants ran off and none of the tourists were hurt, despite the fact the muggers were armed with at least one knife and a gun.

The story received national attention and reporters and photographers waited at the exit gate of Terminal 19 in Port Everglades early Sunday, but the ''hero of the Liberty,'' as he has become known, didn't identify himself and avoided the media.

He has been described as a former U.S. Marine who is thought to be from Ohio.

The van he and the other passengers had hired was attacked by the three men  just as it arrived at a nearby beach.

After the incident, the passengers had the van take the injured mugger to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was identified as Warner Segura, 20.

Costa Rican authorities ruled the killing was self-defense and did not press charges.

Other passengers said the ship had left Limón about 90 minutes late Wednesday after the incident.

Many of those passengers said they had walked around the city without trouble.

''Me and my friends walked about 12 blocks and had a beer on every block with no problem,'' said Bob Dancy, 69, of Indianapolis. ``If it had happened to me I probably would have done the same thing. And I probably would have gotten shot.''