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It is virtually impossible to "fall" off a modern cruise ship. This will be either murder or suicide.
True! And don't forget "I'm going to sit on top of the railing for a selfie" which has doomed more than one passenger (usually involves alcohol). The Cruise Vessel Safety and Security Act requires cruise liners to report incidents of serious criminal activity to the FBI and to take safety measures such as providing ship rails 42 inches or higher and installing technology to detect when someone falls overboard
I've been on enough cruises to know that this is the absolute truth. There are warnings in the passenger contract prior to the cruise and announcements made onboard advising guests not to sit or stand on railings. And, of course, parents should not allow children to sit or stand on railings for a photo-op. Regardless of the many warnings, there are always folks who don't think rules apply to them, and they will do whatever they please, putting themselves, their children, and/or other passengers at risk. This woman was either pushed over a railing by someone else, or she climbed on a piece of furniture and threw herself over the railing. JMO
Yes, it could have been an accident. But climbing on a railing or on a piece of furniture near a railing is deliberately putting oneself in danger of falling overboard. Millions of people cruise annually, and very few "accidentally" fall overboard. JMO
My first thought on seeing it was a thorough circular search in the area where she was known/thought to have gone overboard. I’m not sure from there. JMO
Assuming she is of average height for a woman, the railing would have been at least waist level. Had she had a medical event and passed out there is no way her body could have fallen over such railing. She had to have been standing on something near the railing, sitting/climbing on it, or seriously leaning well over the railing with her entire upper body when a possible event happened. As far as a 14 story drop, highly unlikely she would have survived the impact with the water.If she fell from where the video in this press article was taken, she could have had a avc or heart failure, and fall oberboard, the protection rail is not that high no ??
otherwise since they immediately reacted, they would have maybe found her trying not to drown. Or the height of the fall and the impact with water was too violent and she lost consciousness for that ?
I doubt this is murder. I think of a health issue plus accident, more than suicide.
But who knows ??
JMO
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The person said "murder or suicide". I was replying to this and adding accident.
If she fell from where the video in this press article was taken, she could have had a avc or heart failure, and fall oberboard, the protection rail is not that high no ??
otherwise since they immediately reacted, they would have maybe found her trying not to drown. Or the height of the fall and the impact with water was too violent and she lost consciousness for that ?
I doubt this is murder. I think of a health issue plus accident, more than suicide.
But who knows ??
JMO
Search for Passenger on Taylor Swift-Themed Cruise Who Fell Overboard Has Been Suspended
A representative for the U.S. Coast Guard shared an update with PEOPLE Wednesday afternoon on the search for a missing 66-year-old woman.
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy?
I had in mind a cerebrovascular accident. I had a relative that unfortunately died of a similar unlucky accident but from a house balcony with quite high protection, he surely did not jump, he just fell off with his whole weight. I was observing that the rail in the video is not that high, look at the people bending over it to look down.
I excluded simple accident because it would be virtually impossible for someone to go overboard from a cruise ship accidentally. Misadventure would be different, taking misadventure as being something which would be an accident if it were not for risky or stupid behaviour by the deceased - eg climbing or sitting on the railings.
