Glory rescue

Did anyone hear about the crew member who fell off the Norwegian ship and was rescued 22 hours later by the Glory!! Do you think this will change the policy on how long a ship will search for a man overboard?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/02/americas/cruise-ship-rescue-trnd/index.html

Search a few pages back. Covered well here. Old news. EM

One of the threads:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2651211&highlight=Glory+rescue

No....USCG is the authority.

No....USCG is the authority.

Exactly. When we were on The Glory in May and a crew member went overboard from a MSC. We were just about to dock in ST Thomas. We were required to search until the USCG released us. Which was right around 2 hours before they let us go.

No....USCG is the authority.

Of course, and I think a thread title reading: Glory Rescue Update - USCG Report Released" or whatever the CNN article is about would have been clear and attention getting. Some will skip this thread not knowing it carries more current news.

I also would like some ideas on how he survived that long. I don't think I could float for that many hours

I also would like some ideas on how he survived that long. I don't think I could float for that many hours

I'm also curious about that. I would have sunk!

The amount of saline in the Gulf waters allow you to float much much longer than if you were in a river or a pool back home.

I'm a rock but even I can float in the Gulf.

Plus there are techniques you can use to help stay afloat. One of them being tie off the legs of your pants, swing them over your head like you are scooping air, pinch off the waist area and viola,, a life jacket for short periods of time.

Did anyone hear about the crew member who fell off the Norwegian ship and was rescued 22 hours later by the Glory!! Do you think this will change the policy on how long a ship will search for a man overboard?

 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/02/americas/cruise-ship-rescue-trnd/index.html

Old news.