Our ship rescued someone who fell off the ship
Mar 16, 2015, 10:46 pm
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That is amazing, normally they don't even know people have fallen off the boat until too late to back track and find them. That this ship came upon someone soon enough after they fell to save them is awesome!
-Patrick
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Mar 18, 2015, 11:26 am
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54 years old MOB - Carnival Triumph / Galveston, TX - body recovered
Another MOB yesterday yesterday abroad the CCL's Triumph sailing on its return trip to Galveston, TX - onboard cameras reviewed confirmed that the 54 male pax went overboard. SAR was lanched with assist from Mexico authorities and this morning, the possible recovery of the missing is being reported, pending transport of the body to Mexico for positive ID before being released back to the US. Not a happy ending or positive outcome - thoughts & prayers
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http://abc13.com/news/body-found-in-...veston/562958/
Followup details or news and debates continued on CruiseCritic, FT's counterpart ...
http://abc13.com/news/body-found-in-...veston/562958/
Mar 18, 2015, 12:42 pm
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Sorry, that would be me for responding to pseudoswede's post. Someday, the Cruise forum might have a separation by cruise lines, or at least dining from at sea rescues.
Mar 18, 2015, 3:46 pm
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But, yes, apologies for going way off-topic in this thread.
Mar 20, 2015, 8:46 am
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Apr 14, 2015, 1:51 am
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"Mister Mop" was probably "Mister MOB" - Man Over Board...
Apr 14, 2015, 10:37 am
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Apr 14, 2015, 10:59 am
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What I don't understand is: do ships really travel in such narrow lines as to be right behind another ship? I would think that someone falling off a ship would not likely be near the path of a following ship. So, the jumper was very lucky - almost to the point of a miracle.
Apr 14, 2015, 1:28 pm
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Cruise ships especially I would say tend to be on pretty similar paths, especially depending on exactly where they're coming from and going. Two ships with the same previous and next ports are going to have a pretty close path to each other. If you search for sea lanes or shipping lanes, you'll find that large ships do tend to follow fairly established tracks. As I recall, this was fairly near Cozumel, and that area is actually pretty heavily trafficked by ships in general.
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Apr 15, 2015, 10:00 am
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May 19, 2015, 3:45 am
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