A girl aboard a cruise ship returning to Florida died Saturday when she tried to dive overboard — however as a substitute crashed onto the decrease deck, in keeping with a report.
The 48-year-old passenger was on a Princess Cruises ship that was voyaging again to the Sunshine State following an eight-day journey within the Caribbean when tragedy struck.
“Princess Cruises is deeply saddened to verify the passing of a 48-year-old feminine visitor who tried to leap overboard earlier in the present day,” the cruise line advised Cruise Radio.
“The visitor fell to a decrease deck, the place she was promptly rescued. Shipboard personnel instantly supplied emergency medical care, however regardless of their greatest efforts, she couldn’t be revived,” the assertion continued.
The cruise line mentioned it’s providing “grief help companies” to passengers and crew members within the wake of the lady’s loss of life.
The sufferer was believed to have been on the journey along with her household.
over the intercom following the lady’s loss of life. Yalla_Cruise/TikTok
Witnesses took to social media to element their experiences on board the cruise after the lady jumped.
One TikTok video shared by one other passenger included the emergency announcement made by the captain following the lady’s loss of life.
“We perceive that this occasion could also be distressing for a lot of of you,” the captain mentioned after detailing the state of affairs to all on board over the intercom.
The Princess Cruise Reddit web page was the first outlet supposed cruisers sought out to share what they witnessed within the wake of the lady’s loss of life.
“My mother and cousin watched the entire thing. They had been immediately beneath us two flooring down. No person ever got here to query them. They’re very traumatized by it,” one consumer wrote.
“They mentioned she hit the whole lot on the way in which down and it was extraordinarily disturbing. Somebody held her by her arm for a pair seconds earlier than she fell.”
One other Reddit consumer who claimed to be the sufferer’s cousin thanked everybody on-line for his or her outpouring of help, regardless that the sufferer was a whole stranger to them.
“I simply wish to say I admire everybody’s ideas and issues, and general sensitivity to what occurred, I gained’t go into particulars because it was a really private state of affairs, however I’ll say she was actually wanting ahead to this cruise, because it was particularly vital for her mom,” the consumer wrote.
“Thanks all once more for being so sort and understanding, my aunt would additionally actually admire that.”
The accident continues to be being investigated by native and federal authorities.
