Posted on 06/30/2025 8:44:50 AM PDT by V_TWIN
A fearless father jumped off a Disney cruise ship when his daughter fell overboard — miraculously getting hold of her and then treading water for around 20 minutes before they were both rescued.
The Disney Dream was heading from Florida to the Bahamas on Sunday when an alert suddenly announced loudly, “Mr MOB … port side,” referring to “man overboard,” video of the drama show.
“A girl fell overboard from the 4th deck & her dad went in after her,” fellow passenger Kevin Furuta posted on Facebook.
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Some parents did that to their kid at the Pittsburgh Zoo. The kid fell into an enclosure of wild dogs and was killed. The parents sued the zoo.
That would be so if true. Where’d you hear that? Social media?
“A little girl fell overboard and her father jumped in to save her … apparently the dad sat her on the railing!” passenger Mary Ann Sutherland added in a separate post on Facebook.
The terror that little girl felt must have been terrible.
If the camera-rail story is true dad should be prosecuted, the line sues him, and the news runs the full story front page with his picture.
I see 2 things wrong with this. 1. How did the girl fall? Shouldn’t be able to unless she was held over the rail and dropped, probably accidental, but stupid nonetheless. 2. It took 20 minutes to rescue them? I would think someone would at least throw a life raft.
He’s a hero because he righted the wrong and he loved his daughter.
“...the 4th deck...”
That’s a bad fall. And the water isn’t soft.
Treading water means no life preserver
Thanks!
I have done 55+ cruises on several cruise lines. There is no way one can fall off the ship, unless one is stupid to climb the 5 foot high railing.
There was only one instance when a young woman fell off the ship during my voyages. She was very lucky, her boy friend saw her fall and alerted the ship immediately. The ship was cruising at slower speed than usual because we were ahead of schedule. And it was a moon light night. The ship stopped, they sent out search boats, and found the woman!
No my wife saw it in another online article but she can’t remember the source.
I once met the captain on a Carnival Ship and asked him about people going overboard. Apparently, they have a very sophisticated system to handle it. First, all sides of the vessel are swept by some type of radar which alerts the bridge if someone falls overboard. An officer then pushes a button on the bridge which releases a lighted dye cannister to help relocate the spot. Then, a computer program takes over and plots an efficient course to bring the ship back to the where the person should be, given the winds and current.
Many cabins have balconies which are away from water. There is solid surface underneath such as board walk or other extensions. If one is on more than 2 floors higher, one will die instantly from the fall. Many ships have 15 floors.
Nobody should ever climb the 5 foot high railing and sit on it.
Rio posted the link above.
4th deck will be about 30-40 feet above sea level. Definitely painful if you go in on your belly or back.
Very interesting!
“apparently” ... so, she didn’t see it herself?
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