{"id":29445,"date":"2025-07-01T14:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29445"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:38:11","slug":"witnesses-describe-what-they-heard-as-girl-fell-overboard-on-disney-cruise-and-dad-jumped-in-to-rescue-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29445","title":{"rendered":"Witnesses describe what they heard as girl fell overboard on Disney cruise and dad jumped in to rescue her"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Witnesses have described hearing a harrowing noise as a dad jumped into the sea to save his daughter after she fell from a cruise ship.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The schoolgirl tumbled overboard<\/a>\u00a0from deck four of the Disney Cruise Liner, which is roughly 20ft from the waterline – or to put it into perspective, is the height of a typical two-storey house in the US – on Sunday (June 29).<\/p>\n

It occurred while the ‘Disney<\/a>\u00a0Dream’ ship was at sea, returning to Fort Lauderdale, in the southeast of\u00a0Florida<\/a>, after having visited Disney\u2019s Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point, in The Bahamas.<\/p>\n

Now, one of the passengers onboard the four-night\u00a0cruise<\/a>\u00a0has described was she heard, having been in the vicinity at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n

“There was some kind of commotion,” Chandler, who requested their second name remain anonymous,\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0People.<\/p>\n

“Then this awful scream from what I assume is the mother and then this massive splash.<\/p>\n

“It sounded like hitting pavement, nothing like if you jump into a pool, it was so loud.”<\/p>\n

It took place while the ship was\u00a0traveling<\/a>\u00a0between Nassau and the Grand Bahama Island, Chandler explained.<\/p>\n

The distance between the two islands is vast – 107 miles as the crow flies.<\/p>\n

It is the same waters where Louisiana high school graduate\u00a0Cameron Robbins disappeared<\/a>\u00a0from, after having jumped off a pirate-themed ship in May 2023.<\/p>\n

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The dad of the girl has been dubbed a ‘hero’ for jumping into the water after her (Facebook)<\/cite><\/div>\n

However, his body was never discovered.<\/p>\n

The incident on the Disney Dream vessel is understood to have taken place at roughly 11.15am (local time), with the pair pulled from the ocean at 11.47am, Chandler believes.<\/p>\n

After just 15 seconds, an announcement was made on the tannoy, ‘MOB port side’ – the emergency code which means ‘man overboard’.<\/p>\n

One user posted their experience on the\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0group ‘Disney Dream Cruise Ship Group’, an unofficial page set up by fans of the cruise line so passengers can discuss their trip.<\/p>\n

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The father-daughter duo were onboard the Disney Dream cruise ship (Finnbarr Webster\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“On the last day of our Dream voyage and it is an at Sea Day. A girl fell overboard from the 4th deck & her dad went in after her,” they shared.<\/p>\n

“Right after the incident we heard on the loud speaker MOB Port side!! Thankfully the DCL rescue team was on it immediately and both were saved!”<\/p>\n

Disney Cruise Line has since issued the following statement: “The crew aboard the Disney Dream swiftly rescued two guests from the water.<\/p>\n

“We commend our crew members for their exceptional skills and prompt actions, which ensured the safe return of both guests to the ship within minutes.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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