Posted on 09/07/2016 8:16:51 PM PDT by Gamecock
The Coast Guard was searching Wednesday for an upstate New York woman who plunged into the water from a Carnival cruise ship off the coast of Grand Bahama Island.
The passenger "was witnessed jumping overboard" from the 11th deck of the Carnival Ecstasy around 2:30 a.m. ET, Carnival Cruise Line spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz said in a statement."
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Seriously, how sad for the family.
It’s bad enough being suicidal. But why go on a cruise, then do it, and ruin the trip for everybody? It’s not their fault that you decided to reject your life. That’s one last act of needless cruelty.
The buffet was that bad?
Yes, sad. It’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
“Oh, hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea!”
—William Whiting, 1861
Chumming.
“Yes, sad. It’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem”
Wonderful. I gave a briefing on this topic once but you said it better in less words.
Most cruises are completed without an onboard death.
A rain storm with high winds blew through over night and made big waves. Which was nice but I didn't allow my seven year old to swim with me.
Originally I was in the water at the one lifeguard tower. Then we walked about four or five beach access points to ours and went in again.
When I was coming out and elderly woman, heavy set and not looking too sturdy passed me and I told her die wellen sins stark (the waves are strong). Which they were really pounding. I was having fun being battered and diving under them.
I got to my family and borrowed my daughter's towel which is pink with flowers and butterflies. I was doing that catwalk thing with it strutting back and forth modeling and drying myself off.
When I turned, I saw the woman out in the water going down from being hit by a big wave and taking an alarming time to reemerge. When she did she had her hand up so I dropped the towel and hobbled quickly into the water (I had an open blister under my foot). The woman kept disappearing but I got to her in about lower chest deep water ( I am 6 feet 4 inches tall and she being a mall heavy woman. I was glad I could grab her body and pull her towards shore while the waves actually helped push us.
Her straps were down and my wife fixed her swimsuit. She kept thanking me. We were stood there, she seemed confused then an elderly man arrived in jeans from the promenade. He said they agreed not to go in the water but then she walked sway down the beach and entered were I was.
My daughter was totally impressed. Time for breakfast, then it's a four hour train ride back to Berlin.
If the ship was under way then the props would have made quick work of her not to mention hitting the water from the 11th deck.
Good job there!
“But why go on a cruise, then do it, and ruin the trip for everybody?”
A couple years ago we were on a cruise and the very first night one of the passengers — a man in the singles group — died on the dance floor. Even though we didn’t know the person, for those saw or heard about what happened, it did have a sobering result. Believe it or not, most passengers didn’t know about it. They put a small tent thing around the man until help came, took him away in a gurney, and the activities continued. The fact that people were dancing again within a half-hour might be the creepiest part.
We went on Carnival once. I never considered suicide, but it could’ve been a way off the ship, I guess. Suicide is harsh.
I was on a celebrity cruise about 6 years ago for work.
I guy (50s I think) was on his honeymoon. He got hammered and got in a fight with the bride. He stood on the rail next to the bridge (naked) until someone saw him and jumped. This was around 1am.
I was getting a snack after gambling when it happened. It took at least 30 minutes to come about.
It was interesting. They dropped a flashing buoy when he jumped. The spotlights were so bright that from 1/2 mile away his head reflected red (from blood under his skin) like a tail light.
Anyway, they sent a skiff out to get him and all of a sudden it starts floating away from him - we were still far away so hard to see what happened.
20 minutes later they sent another and came back with a passed out naked man.
The story from the crew in the bridge was that he punched someone in the first boat and broke his nose. The second boat came out with a doctor and a tranquilizer gun.
He spent the night in ship jail and was let off in Honduras to make his way home.
What is really interesting is that there used to be YouTube videos. They appear to have been scrubbed.
Long ago I was a paramedic. One of the most surreal moments I had was running a code (cardiac arrest) on the dance floor of a nightclub attached to a hotel. Drinks were served and people sat at their tables and watched the entire scene unfold.
He was later pronounced dead at a local ER.
Aufschnitt and brotchen is always a good way to celebrate saving somebody’s live.
Gute Reise!
Maybe she was defecting to the Bahamas.....
A well organized Cruise Ship should have an action plan or protocol for just such events. All employees should be trained to know what that action plan is, or know who to ask about it. Stuff happens when you’re underway, just as when ashore. In short, The Show Must Go On!
This ship sure had its strategic plan in gear and it was carried out well. A well-oiled machine.
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