FL FL - Kevin McGrath, 26, missing from a cruise ship, Miami, 4 Sept 2023

[branmuffin]

Here is another:

Father of Florida cruise passenger, 20, who jumped off Royal Caribbean ship after argument believes his son is still alive: report

The father of the 20-year-old passenger who jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship last Thursday in a reportedly drunken, impulsive leap believes his son is still alive nearly a week later.

nypost.com

There's another dad out there who believes his son is till alive after watching him jump off the boat a week ago because his dad was angry he was so drunk.

Father of 20-year-old who jumped off cruise is convinced he survived

Francel Parker insists his son Levion, 20, survived because he's a master diver who works on a commercial fishing boat.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Lululemonsleuth]

There's another dad out there who believes his son is till alive after watching him jump off the boat a week ago because his dad was angry he was so drunk.

Father of 20-year-old who jumped off cruise is convinced he survived

Francel Parker insists his son Levion, 20, survived because he's a master diver who works on a commercial fishing boat.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Yeah. The dad said LP was an expert diver so he is still alive.. the denial

 

[ChatteringBirds]

It would be very difficult to accept that searching for your child was ending. You have to really consider what it would be like to be experiencing this. A lot of people would hope for a miracle for quite awhile. These families need empathy.

 

[IceIce9]

Yeah. The dad said LP was an expert diver so he is still alive.. the denial

Even if he was an expert diver, was he wearing a wetsuit when he jumped overboard? Did he have diving equipment? I understand denial but this is extreme.

 

[PayrollNerd]

My oldest is a Master Diver and has life saving skills should they be needed. So maybe that is what the father is referring to? But that means nothing when you’re in the middle of the ocean, without any dive equipment or tanks.

Sure, he had the skill to keep himself afloat for hours, provided he survived the splash down and wasn’t under the influence of anything.

The family needs that hope for their own grief processing at this point.