georgiacruizer Posted July 8, 2018 #1 Share Posted July 8, 2018 I just wanted to share this great story that we witnessed firsthand on our cruise: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/02/americas/cruise-ship-rescue-trnd/index.html We left Miami on Saturday, June 30 and Sunday was our first sea day. Early afternoon we heard shouts of Man Overboard! A staff member is credited with reporting the man in the ocean, but many passengers did as well. The ship slowed down, turned around and a life boat was sent out to the man's location. He was a crew member from an NCL ship and had been in the water for almost an entire day. The seas had been very calm which I'm sure factored in to his survival along with perhaps a higher power :halo:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted July 8, 2018 #2 Share Posted July 8, 2018 I had read about the crew member from NCL going overboard, didn't realize that Glory was the one that saved him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyDogLady3 Posted July 8, 2018 #3 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Wow! What an amazing story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeASUGirl Posted July 8, 2018 #4 Share Posted July 8, 2018 I'd followed the story of the NCL crewmember "lost at sea" with the Coast Guard calling off the search. Then a day later the reports that he'd been rescued by Carnival, and was hoping someone from that sailing would be on here to share their experiences! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanmarcosman Posted July 8, 2018 #5 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Cruise Critic members began sharing this amazing event on the day it occurred, such as here: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2651211&highlight=Glory+Rescue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathyoo Posted July 8, 2018 #6 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Great job crew on the Glory. Sad for the gentleman that felt like he had to jump. I hope he is happy that he was rescued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierra821 Posted July 8, 2018 #7 Share Posted July 8, 2018 We were on that cruise also, my 12 year old daughter and I had gone out on our balcony to enjoy the view. We were on deck 9 in cabin 9218 (6 balconies from front of ship on the port side) We heard someone yelling and thought it was someone from a deck above us, we soon realized it was the wrong direction to be from ship and noticed him in the water waving his arms and yelling. It took a few seconds to comprehend that we were actually seeing that and yelled to my husband there was a man in the water to call someone. He called the ships 911 and reported man overboard. When he was on the phone he said someone in the background said something about a man overboard being reported on another call. The staff on the Glory handled the situation well. Kudos to them! It was the craziest and scariest thing I have witnessed on a cruise. We are grateful he will be OK. We just hope he gets any help he may need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruises42 Posted July 9, 2018 #8 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Great job crew on the Glory. Sad for the gentleman that felt like he had to jump. I hope he is happy that he was rescued. I thought the article said he fell overboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted July 9, 2018 #9 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Didn't realize the Glory crew saved him. Hopefully, he's recovering from his "fall". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted July 9, 2018 #10 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I thought the article said he fell overboard.In the article I read last week, the NCL Captain specifically said the man jumped. Maybe the story has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeASUGirl Posted July 9, 2018 #11 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Last week the reports were that he'd jumped (at least this is what it looked like on the videos). Once he was rescued, however, the story changed to him falling overboard. I think it's likely that he jumped, but the media is trying to be kind now that he's been found alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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