Child falls from cruise ship

On the Orlando news just now: A child fell from Monarch OTS last night after leaving Port Canaveral. The ship returned to port and the child was taken to Arnold Palmer Hospital for children in Orlando.

Fortunately the child fell from the 11th floor balcony to the 10th and not to the ocean below. Being so close to port, would it not make more sense to have the coast guard come meet the ship as opposed to turning it back to port?

Our thoughts and prayers are with the child and family.

Keith

Our thoughts and prayers are with the child and family.

 

Keith

That is scary,,,yes,,thoughts and prayers for the child...

does anyone know if the child is ok and how this happened, how old the child is, the rails are pretty high, i have kids so just wandering :eek:

I would not expect that anyone will say how this happened. And if they do it likely will not be for quite some time.

Keith

Wow:eek: That is horrible. I have heard nothing but bad news lately! I hope the child and the family are doing well.

Hate to say it but can only assume the child was climbing and not being supervised. We all have accidents - not judging - but pretty hard to fall from these balconys I think

There were not many details released on the news this morning. What was reported was that it was a family of four traveling. The mother went with the older child and left the 1 year old with dad. The 1 year old, got away from dad and fell. Their names and the condition of the toddler has not been released yet. The child was airlifted to the childrens hospital in Orlando. We can only hope and pray that this child is doing okay. The child fell shortly after the cruise ship hit full speed after it had left port at 4:30 it was about 7pm that the child was placed on the helicopter.

Fortunately the child fell from the 11th floor balcony to the 10th and not to the ocean below. Being so close to port, would it not make more sense to have the coast guard come meet the ship as opposed to turning it back to port?

I can't for the life of me figure out how a child can fall onto or into a balcony. I wonder if the report should have read fell to the 10th DECK. Now, that sounds more reasonable and far more easily done in the pool area.

It is so sad to hear that. I hope the child is doing good. The child will be in my prayers.

9:15, quick blurb about this but said nothing except fell from one DECK to another and the child went to Arnold Palmer in Orlando.

I hope that baby's ok this morning. Healing prayers! :)

I can't even imagine. A one year old? Those parents must feel just horrible.

where were the parents when this happened???:mad:

I can't even imagine. A one year old? Those parents must feel just horrible.

It would take a lot of effort for me to get over the rail (OK, I'm old) but can't imagine it was easy for a one year old. Can't help but wonder if the father was holding hom on the rail and he wiggled from his grasp. I do know some toddlers can be fast. There was a little guy down the hall from us. The instant the cabin door would open, he would be charging down the hall with dad in hot pursuit. Then out came the harness and leash. I know a lot of people froun on them but they do keep little ones safe - just ask my late mom as I was a wanderer and wore one over sixty years ago and grew to be a productive member of society - lol.

Prayers for a swift recovery.

Being so close to port, would it not make more sense to have the coast guard come meet the ship as opposed to turning it back to port?

I would imagine it depends on the severity of the injuries, vs. weather conditions, etc. The Monarch does not have a heliport on it's bow like the larger ships, so I imagine there would be some risk involved with basket lifting such a small child.

I am sure it was a judgement call, after evaluating all of the risks.

I would imagine it depends on the severity of the injuries, vs. weather conditions, etc. The Monarch does not have a heliport on it's bow like the larger ships, so I imagine there would be some risk involved with basket lifting such a small child.

 

I am sure it was a judgement call, after evaluating all of the risks.

Ya, that makes sense. I really hope everything works out for the family. Nobody deserves this.

Our Prayers are with the family and their child and will pray they will be alright. What a tragedy.

On Monarch iot would be relatively easy for a one year old to fit through the railings on deck 12.

I would think it hasn't occurred before (if this is what happened) or steps would have been made to remedy the risk.

let's try this again

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:cool: child fell from deck 11 this deck has no staterooms...

I don't remember where but I read 'crawled through' not 'climbed over' the rails on deck 11 which is a pool deck. Someone mentioned that there are spaces on that deck wide enough for a small child to fit through.

What a tragedy. Hope the baby will be ok.

:(

Who knows what really happened but if there's any basis to the story that a one year old was alone on a balcony, HOW ON EARTH could the parents have let that happen!????