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Indiana toddler, allegedly dangled by grandfather, dies after plunging 150 feet from cruise ship
fox news ^ | Richard Wheatstone | The Sun

Posted on 07/08/2019 6:43:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The 18-month-old girl slipped from his arms and fell from the 11th floor of Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas ship.

The child is believed to have fallen onto the concrete below while the ship was docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The tot was rushed to hospital at around 4:30 p.m. local time yesterday.

According to the local Primer Hora website, the girl was from Indiana and on holiday with her parents and grandparents.

The girl's family have not yet been quizzed by detectives but police have said they believe the incident was a tragic accident.

"At one point, one of her grandparents... in an act of games, exposes the girl to the void and falls out of his hands."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: cruiseship; drunk; drunkenspree; freedomoftheseas; indiana; puertorico; royalcaribbean; toddler; whatanidiot
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To: cll

Awful - I heard it this morning. So saddening & tragic.


41 posted on 07/08/2019 8:43:56 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: redfreedom

You are correct and I am sorry you had to experience the stupid first hand.


42 posted on 07/08/2019 8:49:32 AM PDT by Valpal1
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To: BenLurkin

a lot of so-called adults think it is ever so clever and funny to abuse children. my ex’s cousin once did a ‘magic’ trick in which he ended up with some money I had given my daughter. he stuffed it in his pocket and the family laughed. my daughter didn’t (she cried when he wouldn’t give her her money back), and neither did I.

I was pilloried by the family, and he wasn’t allowed in my house again....but the kid got her money back.

btw all progressive democrats


43 posted on 07/08/2019 9:07:11 AM PDT by camle (keep and open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: BenLurkin
Just out. It was the daughter of a South Bend police officer:

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (WNDU, AP) - A South Bend police officer's 1-year-old daughter died after falling 11 stories from a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico.

Police said Monday that the toddler's grandfather told officers he lost his grip while holding her outside a window on the Freedom of the Seas. He was identified as Salvatorre Anello.

The incident occurred Sunday afternoon at the Panamerican dock in the capital of San Juan.

44 posted on 07/08/2019 9:12:42 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: camle

I’ve never understood the “humor” people find in deliberately causing a child distress. I’m not talking about telling a child “no” about something knowing that they’ll be upset to be thwarted; I’m talking about doing things to make yourself and other people laugh. I think it’s cruel and mean-spirited, damaging to the children, and unfortunately in some cases dangerous.


45 posted on 07/08/2019 9:33:30 AM PDT by susannah59
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To: BenLurkin

I’ll bet the grandfather is a democrat...


46 posted on 07/08/2019 9:39:41 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrat Party: a group that "makes Americans feel like strangers in their own country. NYT)
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To: BenLurkin

Was he doing his Michael Jackson impression?


47 posted on 07/08/2019 9:40:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: GOPJ
If I am looking at the correct You Tube Page for him, it doesn't appear he is.

https://www.youtube.com/user/samanello/channels
48 posted on 07/08/2019 9:47:12 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: BenLurkin

I can’t stand this.


49 posted on 07/08/2019 9:48:52 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: BenLurkin

Just dreadful. RIP.


50 posted on 07/08/2019 10:04:17 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: susannah59

‘I’ve never understood the “humor” people find in deliberately causing a child distress. I’m not talking about telling a child “no” about something knowing that they’ll be upset to be thwarted; I’m talking about doing things to make yourself and other people laugh. I think it’s cruel and mean-spirited, damaging to the children, and unfortunately in some cases dangerous.”

I’m with you and I consider it emotional abuse. Making someone, anyone cry then saying “awww you just can’t take a joke” is definitely abuse.


51 posted on 07/08/2019 1:28:00 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (God's character and moral nature are absolute, eternal, and unchanging.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

Do we believe God will forgive him?


52 posted on 07/08/2019 2:41:43 PM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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To: cll

And I’m guessing booze/drugs is involved.


53 posted on 07/08/2019 4:18:42 PM PDT by LouAvul
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To: LouAvul
Update: Video shows Grandfather new the window was open.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7896071/Grandfather-dropped-toddler-death-cruise-ship-aware-open.html#comments
54 posted on 01/17/2020 9:41:04 AM PST by jaydubya2
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