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DAY-BRIGHTENING RESCUE

Oznell — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:59:05 GMT

In case you missed it on the news, on Sunday, a little girl (about 5) on a Disney Cruise ship fell from the ship's Deck 4 right into the ocean.

Immediately, her father jumped in after her-- thankfully, he got ahold of her and started treading water.

A file photo of the type of Disney ship they were on:

The ship was able to regroup and send a small boat to go get them. I think you can see the dark form of the father in the water, on the right side of the little rescue boat before they pulled them in:

Terrifying while happening. A passenger reported seeing the mother crying. Another said that the ship was moving away so fast, the two people overboard quickly looked like little specks in the ocean. Another started praying.

Sounds like that father took that leap after his child, almost without thinking-- the golden parental instinct to protect his child kicked right in. So nice to have a happy end to what could have been a very terrible tragedy.

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beach-mom — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:09:52 GMT

@Oznell - Thank you for sharing this. I've never been on a cruise ship, but from the pictures Deck 4 looks like it's pretty high up.

This was a very lucky little girl. Even though her father jumped right in she could have been gone under the waves in an instant. And the ship moving forward so quickly. . .

I'm so glad this ended the way it did!

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catter70 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:11:31 GMT

Glad it ended well, but how the heck did it happen to begin with?

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Northray — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:19:27 GMT

Good for the dad. He's a hero. But so many questions.

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I am still oxox — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:23:47 GMT

Too many questions pop up in my mind, why is a 4 year old allowed near the rails alone? Why wasnt she supervised more? And a million more.

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alliswell — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:47:38 GMT

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SamBrown — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:56:53 GMT

Considering the dad put the child on the railing to take a photo doesn't make him a hero.

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UpNorthGorgy — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:01:20 GMT

Remember the toddler who was killed on a cruise ship and fell? Quite a few years ago now. I recall quite a lawsuit with the family suing the cruise line accusing them of not putting up better barriers. It involved Grandparents and question of a lack of their supervision?

Very frightening, scary situation. Thank God this turned out well!

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Lucky Charm — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:50:16 GMT

@SamBrown wrote:
Considering the dad put the child on the railing to take a photo doesn't make him a hero.

OMGosh is that what happened? That is horrible.

But I'm glad the child was saved and I hope going to be okay.

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Oznell — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:00:07 GMT

So far, I haven't seen an *official* report that the father put his little girl on the railing for picture-taking-- just comments from the company that the incident is 'under investigation'.

But, there have been postings by Facebook users, that that's what happened.

Regardless, to my mind, he still responded with speed and certainly courage, once she went over. By herself in that vast soup, she would have not lasted.

That he immediately jumped, and was able to get to her at all, let alone in time, and keep them both above water, is fantastic. The ocean is unforgiving, and there was a good chance that neither of them would be spotted and retrieved in time.

I bet that was the longest 10 to 20 minutes of water-treading that he ever had the misfortune to experience.

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candys mine — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:04:13 GMT

IF Daddy Put his little girl on that railing and Mommy finds that out?

If it was MY Baby, that'd be the LAST KID he'd EVER ( be able ) to Father.

SO lucky neither of them got dragged under or chewed up in the propellers.

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shoesnbags — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:32:24 GMT

If it's true that he put that child up on the railing, then he's an idiot, not a hero. I'll be waiting to hear what the facts are.

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Goodie2shoes — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:03:42 GMT

I saw that on the news but they didn't say anything about the child being put on a rail to take a picture. Whatever happened to cause her to fall into the ocean I'm just thanking the Lord that she was saved. To God be the glory, thank you father God !!

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Lucky Charm — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:42:46 GMT

I agree @Oznell that the father jumping in is what saved the little girl. Quick action taken.

It could have been a horrific story if he didn't make it to her in time or the rescue teams couldn't find them.