Child drowns on Norwegian Cruise Line ship

[Gold Coast Cruisers]

Terribly sad.....

 

 

(7:54 p.m. EST) -- A young child drowned onboard Norwegian Breakaway Monday morning while the ship was en route to Florida. The child was one of two found unresponsive in the adult pool. A second child was airlifted to a hospital.

 

"We are extremely saddened to report that a tragedy occurred on board Norwegian Breakaway this morning," Norwegian Cruise Line said on its Facebook page. "Our emergency medical team was called and notified that two small children were rescued from the adult pool, but were unresponsive on the pool deck. The team responded immediately and quickly administered CPR to both children. The older child was then airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard to the closest medical facility, accompanied by his grandmother and a nurse from the ship. Devastatingly, after many resuscitation attempts, the younger child passed away on board.

 

"We extend our deepest sympathies to the family during this extremely difficult time and are providing full assistance and support."

 

According to Wate.com, the website for local Tennessee TV channel 6 ABC, the rescue occurred off the coast of North Carolina and the child was transported to a hospital in New Bern. The site further reports the child is in stable condition.

 

It is unclear whether the children were related.

 

Breakaway was on the second day of a weeklong cruise from New York to Florida and the Bahamas.

[croydonCruiser]

How awful for everyone involved! :(:(

It would be just devastating! My heart goes out to the family and friends, and to the crew and other passengers who were involved.

[OzKiwiJJ]

Very sad, indeed.

 

But I wonder where the parents were?

[icat2000]

Very sad indeed. You have to watch children in pools all the time.

[NSWP]

Very distressing indeed. It is alleged they were in the adult pool, supervised?

[Australian family]

Very sad.

 

I wonder if one day if it will be a requirement that the pools have fencing around them? When you think about it they are very accessible.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Very distressing indeed. It is alleged they were in the adult pool, supervised?

 

I dont think any cruise ship has supervised pools. They usually have a notice up to say just that.

 

[Flipper133]

We sadly lost a granddaughter in a drowning "accident" a couple of years ago. It is my opinion that parental supervision is the only way to prevent these tragedies. If a parent is not there... (often because of alcohol or other drug abuse).. then you cannot expect others, including the cruise line staff, to accept responsibility.

 

We are taking our other granddaughter (sister of the child that drowned) on a cruise to Tassie shortly. Be assured we will be like hawks in watching over her.

[OzKiwiJJ]

So sorry to hear that, Flipper133.

 

Hope your cruise with your granddaughter is fabulous.

[rabbitoh_777]

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We sadly lost a granddaughter in a drowning "accident" a couple of years ago. It is my opinion that parental supervision is the only way to prevent these tragedies.

If a parent is not there... (often because of alcohol or other drug abuse).. then you cannot expect others, including the cruise line staff, to accept responsibility.

 

We are taking our other granddaughter (sister of the child that drowned) on a cruise to Tassie shortly. Be assured we will be like hawks in watching over her.

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So sorry for your families loss, mate devastating.

 

How reassuring in this day and age of the "no-one is to blame society" to hear/read some-one still be able to have the correct attitude and not want to look anywhere else but where responsibility for parenthood should lay.

 

Enjoy your cruise with your Grandchild, she will be in safe hands.

 

Accidents can and do happen anywhere anytime but absolute vigilance with children can reduce the odds of tragedy without exception.

 

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[OzKiwiJJ]

I think it's also important for children to be confident in the water from a very young age, so that they know how to get themselves out of danger if they do end up out of their depth.

 

Some parents start teaching water skills to their kids when they are still virtually babies.

 

Last year, at a hotel I was staying at, I saw the most amazing kid. He was quite young - probably preschool age but close to going to school - and he had more confidence in the water than many adults. The pool was 1.5m deep, over his head, but that didn't bother him at all. He couldn't swim properly but just dog-paddled himself around without any problems.