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Cruise passenger who jumped to death from ship ID’d as Florida resident who argued with dad before leap
NY Post ^ | 04/10/2024 | Alyssa Guzman

Posted on 04/10/2024 11:53:47 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The 20-year-old passenger who jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise last week after an argument with his dad has been identified as a former high school football player and avid hunter living in Florida.

Levion Parker, of North Port, Florida, has been missing since he jumped overboard April 4 in front of his brother and father on the cruise to Cuba and the Bahamas’ Grand Inagua Island, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

The release of his identity comes shortly after the Coast Guard called off its search for Parker.

Social media posts show Parker often went on hunting and fishing trips. He also played football for North Port High School before he graduated in 2022, according to the Daily Mail.

Parker jumped off the 18-story Liberty of the Seas after reportedly getting into an argument with his father.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Reference; Travel
KEYWORDS: argued; caribbeancruise; cruise; dad; florida; jumped
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This has the makings of a Investigation Discovery episode
1 posted on 04/10/2024 11:53:47 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Well at least he got the last word
2 posted on 04/10/2024 11:57:15 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My impression of him, after looking at him, is that he probably was mentally ill. It wasn’t the arguement, but his mental illness that caused him to do that.


3 posted on 04/10/2024 11:57:48 AM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What a selfish sphinter


4 posted on 04/10/2024 12:01:53 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Parker’s father was “fussing at him for being drunk,” fellow passenger Bryan Sims told The Post.

“When we got to them, he said to his dad, ‘I’ll fix this right now.’ And he jumped out the window in front of us all,” Sims said.

“He was pretty drunk,” Sims added.”


5 posted on 04/10/2024 12:02:42 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If one reads the article, it states that the 20 year old was DRUNK! His father chastised him, they argued, and he jumped.


6 posted on 04/10/2024 12:02:58 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Didn’t anyone ever warn this young man about the dangers of drunk diving? :-P


7 posted on 04/10/2024 12:06:27 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: NWFree
"Well at least he got the last word"

"Heeelp!"

8 posted on 04/10/2024 12:06:33 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Alberta's Child

LOL...VERY clever!


9 posted on 04/10/2024 12:07:39 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: NWFree

Not funny. See post three. The kid (yeah, a 20 year old to me is still a kid) may have had mental issues.


10 posted on 04/10/2024 12:08:45 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: nopardons

Drama boy mat not have known that there’s a strong slipstream along the hull of a ship that will pull you into the screws. And he may not have understood that stopping or turning a ship like that takes long enough that finding a man overboard is highly unlikely.


11 posted on 04/10/2024 12:12:44 PM PDT by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: RetiredArmy

At least his parents didn’t give a handgun so he could kill kids indiscriminately


12 posted on 04/10/2024 12:14:13 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: nopardons
Excerpted from an International Business Times article, "Who Was Levion Parker? Florida Cruise Passenger Who Jumped to His Death from Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Had Drunken Argument with Father":
"His dad was fussing at him for being drunk, I guess," fellow passenger Bryan Sims said.

"When we got to them, he said to his dad, 'I'll fix this right now.' And he jumped out the window in front of us all."

It remains unclear how Levion could have been drunk, considering that the minimum age for alcohol consumption on Royal Caribbean ships during sailings originating in North America or the Caribbean is 21.
I suspect there will be lawyers getting involved in this.
13 posted on 04/10/2024 12:18:05 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: TalBlack

No one thinks clearly when drunk. What a sad ending for stupid immature behavior, leaving behind a grieving family.


14 posted on 04/10/2024 12:18:16 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Freee-dame

Yes, sadly.


15 posted on 04/10/2024 12:19:53 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: RetiredArmy

He was DRUNK, so there’s really no evidence that he had “a mental issue”; more like a “parental issue, whilst drunk as a Lord.


16 posted on 04/10/2024 12:20:19 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: NWFree

You really need to get a grip on reality of real life and get off your brainphone so you can make real decisions.


17 posted on 04/10/2024 12:21:42 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: TalBlack

You’re correct; I doubt that he understood much of anything at all, in his drunken state AND didn’t know that info when sober either.


18 posted on 04/10/2024 12:22:01 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Still not a funny thing. What if he had been your kid? He’s dead. A family has lost a son and that pal is not funny. That type of loss hurts deeper than brains like yours apparently can understand.


19 posted on 04/10/2024 12:23:30 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: Jonty30

They shouldn’t have stopped making chest leashes like they made for tots they are needed now more then ever for many.


20 posted on 04/10/2024 12:23:42 PM PDT by Vaduz
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