YYZflyboy sorry you don't trust my version of events. As a former senior police officer running the equivalent of swat teams I'm very used to understanding stressful situations, recording evidence and recalling events later under cross examination by good lawyers.
I'll say again there were 25 crew, they told us before take off there were 22 cabin crew and 3 flight deck (Captain and two senior first officers). Some of the sick crew may have been taken off before the passengers disembarked. But we were not abandoned and there were plenty of announcements. Not once did it feel like an emergency situation, the divert to Vancouver was at normal height and speed and no doubt huge amounts of fuel were dumped. The PAX with the hump will be those who waited several hours to get rooms allocated rather than being proactive and booking themselves a room.