Mariner Passenger Overboard Rescued

[OCSC Mike]

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/cruise-passenger-rescued-after-reportedly-going-overboard-royal-caribbean-ship.amp

[lovesthebeach2]

It’s hard to “fall” off a ship…..glad they got rescued

[mmtska]

I’m on the ship now, and people are saying she was taking a photo while sitting on a railing and fell. I’ve also heard she was wearing a life jacket. 
 

it was pretty surreal. 

[toxicfairy]

I absolutely hate when they say some one "fell" overboard.  It makes people who never cruised think it's like a boat you fish on or water ski from. You pretty much have to climb to get up and over. My husband is 6'2" and he doesn't fall overboard even leaning to get a photo someone would have to push him pretty hard to get his waist and legs over🤦‍♀️

Edited June 26, 2023 by toxicfairy

[smokeybandit]

Sounds like this one falls into the "doing something stupid" category of how to go overboard.

[crewsweeper]

Just now, smokeybandit said:

Sounds like this one falls into the "doing something stupid" category of how to go overboard.

Yep.  Sitting on the railing is an invitation to the dumb club.

[BND]

1 hour ago, smokeybandit said:

Sounds like this one falls into the "doing something stupid" category of how to go overboard.

Well, as most of  us know "falling overboard" usually involves alcohol, stupidity or both.

[smokeybandit]

Just now, BND said:

Well, as most of  us know "falling overboard" usually involves alcohol, stupidity or both.

3 ways to fall overboard.

1) Homicide

2) Suicide

3) Being stupid (and yes, typically alcohol involved)

[BND]

4 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

3 ways to fall overboard.

1) Homicide

2) Suicide

3) Being stupid (and yes, typically alcohol involved)

True, but I was referring to the "accidentally falling overboard" group which we know is a bit of a misnomer.  Homicide is rare.  Suicide happens and as my DH says as a retired USN Captain, that is one of the worst ways to go.  If you're not knocked unconscious or break your neck, then you're left to float, fully aware of what you did.  Anyway, these falling stories irk me.  It's like saying a train "hit" someone or something.  While, technically true, trains don't leave the tracks and chase someone down.

Edited June 26, 2023 by BND

[smokeybandit]

2 minutes ago, BND said:

True, but I was referring to the "accidentally falling overboard" group which we know is a bit of a misnomer.  Homicide is rare.  Suicide happens and as my DH says as a retired USN Captain, that is one of the worst ways to go.  If you're not knocked unconscious or break your neck, then you're left to float, fully aware of what you did.  Anyway, these falling stories irk me.  It's like saying a train "hit" someone or something.  While, technically true, trains don't leave the tracks and chase someone down.

"Person doing stupid stuff ends up in the water" doesn't get clicks as much as "person fell overboard" does.

[BND]

1 minute ago, smokeybandit said:

"Person doing stupid stuff ends up in the water" doesn't get clicks as much as "person fell overboard" does.

And, it gives a certain ambulance chaser fodder for his website.

[cruisegirl1]

Amazing (and wonderful) that the person survived. I’m always curious of the circumstances. 
 

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[mmtska]

Just now, cruisegirl1 said:

Amazing (and wonderful) that the person survived. I’m always curious of the circumstances. 
 

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I heard 3 different rumors standing at the rail watching us dock. Who knows if we’ll ever hear the actual truth. 

[BND]

43 minutes ago, mmtska said:

I heard 3 different rumors standing at the rail watching us dock. Who knows if we’ll ever hear the actual truth. 

Probably not.   Unless the person is charged with a crime.  Of course, I'm curious as to whether this earned a lifetime ban.

[smokeybandit]

9 minutes ago, BND said:

Probably not.   Unless the person is charged with a crime.  Of course, I'm curious as to whether this earned a lifetime ban.

It should. 

[taglovestocruise]

6 hours ago, cruisegirl1 said:

Amazing (and wonderful) that the person survived. I’m always curious of the circumstances. 
 

m

It was almost natures way of thinning out the herd. 

[BecciBoo]

9 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

Sounds like this one falls into the "doing something stupid" category of how to go overboard.

He and his mother had a disconnect of some sort.  Growing up, I got the picture early on...

[BND]

We've cruised 35 times and before every single trip my 85 year old mother tells us to "not fall overboard".  I laugh and have explained to her multiple times that you can't just be walking along, trip and go over the side.   I also show her how high the railings are, but she listens to the "news".  

[BecciBoo]

I mean after every "stupid" dumb thing I did, a good shellacking followed!

[livingonthebeach]

What's amazing is the 42 year old woman who went overboard did not require any medical attention at all, according to the news reports. They say only 28% of those that go overboard survive.  She's very lucky!

[BND]

2 hours ago, livingonthebeach said:

What's amazing is the 42 year old woman who went overboard did not require any medical attention at all, according to the news reports. They say only 28% of those that go overboard survive.  She's very lucky!

What deck did she "fall" from?  I don't remember seeing that.  That makes all the difference.

[livingonthebeach]

15 minutes ago, BND said:

What deck did she "fall" from?  I don't remember seeing that.  That makes all the difference.

 

IIRC it was deck 10 which makes it even more incredible. 

[Mum2Mercury]

On 6/26/2023 at 7:45 AM, mmtska said:

I’m on the ship now, and people are saying she was taking a photo while sitting on a railing and fell. I’ve also heard she was wearing a life jacket. 
 

it was pretty surreal. 

Wearing a life jacket.  Do you think she PLANNED to do this?  Surely not.  A person who planned suicide wouldn't wear a life jacket.  A person who wanted a little adventure would've chosen a lower deck.  

On 6/26/2023 at 7:49 AM, toxicfairy said:

I absolutely hate when they say some one "fell" overboard.  It makes people who never cruised think it's like a boat you fish on or water ski from. You pretty much have to climb to get up and over. My husband is 6'2" and he doesn't fall overboard even leaning to get a photo someone would have to push him pretty hard to get his waist and legs over🤦‍♀️

Agree.  Not only do you have to climb up, you have to work pretty hard at it, as most railings are angled inward and covered with plexiglass to deny any foothold.  It's not impossible -- not at all -- but it's absolutely not like you're walking into a store, fail to see a curb and trip yourself.  

22 hours ago, BND said:

Probably not.   Unless the person is charged with a crime.  Of course, I'm curious as to whether this earned a lifetime ban.

I also wonder if this person will be escorted off at the next island.  Years ago -- ironically also on Mariner -- a bunch of teenagers threw deck chairs into the ocean, and their families were thrown off at the next island.  I remember the captain telling everyone over the intercom in his noontime address. 

 

This woman basically did the same thing, except what she threw over was herself.  

16 hours ago, BND said:

We've cruised 35 times and before every single trip my 85 year old mother tells us to "not fall overboard".  I laugh and have explained to her multiple times that you can't just be walking along, trip and go over the side.   I also show her how high the railings are, but she listens to the "news".  

Well, if you don't know, you don't know.  On our first-ever cruise (Disney), my husband and I were a little nervous about our then-young daughters, so we went to the top of the ship and "circled down", considering at every point whether a careless child could go overboard.  We determined that it would be possible on Deck 4 to squirm between the railings /gates where the lifeboats are -- but totally impossible to fall over accidentally.  And a child would need a chair to get to the top of a typical railing.  We never worried about it again.  

[The Fun Researcher]

Nice to see a rescue.  Too many of these end up with the persons death.

[BND]

I just saw a report that it was deck 10.  How the heck did she survive a 100 ft drop?  She must have hit feet first because from that height she could have broken her neck and at the very least knocked unconcious.