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Video shows girl's final moments with grandfather before cruise ship death

New surveillance video shown to CBS News reveals the final moments before an 18-month-old girl fell to her death off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. Chloe Wiegand was being held by her grandfather Salvatore Anello while the ship was docked in Puerto Rico in July...

The video, which has not been released publicly, will be a key piece of evidence in the criminal trial, CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports. The video shows what appears to be 18-month-old Chloe cross over to the side of the ship and stand in front of a bank of windows. A man attorneys said is Anello is seen following her...
 
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The story has changed. Earlier reports SA picked Chloe up because she "asked to be picked up to BANG ON THE GLASS"
Parents of toddler who fell from cruise ship share ‘unfathomable’ grief
"They said her grandfather often did the same thing with her when they attended hockey games, letting her bang on the glass."
Lawyer Explains Toddler's Fall From Cruise Ship Window
"Chloe wanted to bang on the glass like she always did at her older brother's hockey games. Her grandfather thought there was glass just like everywhere else, but there was not, and she was gone in an instant."
 
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Video of Chloe Wiegand’s cruise death shows grandfather thought window was closed: lawyer

https://nypost.com/2019/11/22/video...grandfather-thought-window-was-closed-lawyer/
They walk over to a wall of windows, where Anello appears to look over the railing, through an open window. He picks Chloe up and stands her up on the railing — and they appear to lean over to peer out over the port.

He then sits Chloe on the railing and they lean over again before she disappears from the frame when she falls 115 feet to her death. Moments later, Anello drops to the floor.
 
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Puerto Rico Ports Authority spokesman Jose Carmona said the Wiegand family was gathered in or near a dining hall at the time of the incident, and that Mr Anello had sat Chloe on the edge of a window before she fell.
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“Our early investigation revealed that these windows were not up to applicable safety codes designed precisely to protect children from falling out of windows,” Mr Winkleman told news.com.au.
Missing piece in toddler’s tragic fall
Also, a lawyer (not representing the family) who was quoted in the article made a longer statement elsewhere:
I explained to a newspaper that proving negligence won’t be an easy feat for the family: “In order for a cruise line to be legally liable for this child’s death, the family’s lawyer must prove that the cruise line acted unreasonably and that the cruise line knew or should have known of the specific danger on its ship . . . This will be an exceedingly difficult burden for the lawyer to meet in this very sad and tragic set of circumstances. Without evidence (prior incidents or proof that the cruise line knew of a dangerous condition on the cruise ship) the chances are slim that the court (if suit is filed) would permit this case to proceed to a jury trial.”
Cruise Law News | Walker & O'Neill Law Firm | Admiralty Law, Cruise Ship Accidents & Injuries
 
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EXCLUSIVE: Haunting final photo shows toddler moments before she fell from her grandfather's arms to her death from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, as video shows him and her mother dropping to their knees in shock
By BEN ASHFORD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 16:42 EST, 22 November 2019 | UPDATED: 17:03 EST, 22 November 2019
Anello can be seen moments later lifting Chloe up to give her a better view before he places her on a metal railing, still holding her with two hands as the pair lean forward to get a better view.

Three to four seconds later she vanishes through what is the only visibly open window in the entire bank of glass.
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Chloe's older brother is the next member of the family to arrive, and looks stunned and confused as he realizes what is happening.

Kimberly follows close behind, fighting through the crowd to gaze down from the window before recoiling in shock and collapsing in grief.

Moments later her police officer husband arrives and covers his face with his hands as he struggles to cope with what he's seeing.

The video ends with Anello being led away by two members of staff, seemingly unable to stand or walk by himself.
 
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Thank you for all your work in assembling this timeline.
 
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Harrowing surveillance video captures 1-year-old's fatal fall off cruise ship
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They walk over to the wall of windows where Anello appears to look over the railing, through the open window. Anello picks Chloe up and stands her up on the railing, and they appear to lean over together looking out over the port.

Then he re-adjusts and sits Chloe on the railing, still facing the port. They lean over again and she disappears from the frame.
 
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Video of toddler's fatal cruise ship fall may help decide grandfather's fate

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Police initially said Salvatore Anello told officers he lost his grip while holding the girl outside the window, the Associated Press reported.
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Anello, 51, of Valparaiso, "negligently exposed the child to the abyss through a window on the 11th floor of the cruise ship," Puerto Rico Attorney General Dennise N. Longo Quiñones and other officials said in an Oct 28 news release announcing the charge and Anello's arrest.

Negligent homicide is a misdemeanor charge, but carries the same penalty as a fourth-degree felony under Puerto Rico law, said Juan Torruella Rojas, a San Juan defense lawyer who is not affiliated with the case.
 
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Granddad who ‘dropped toddler from cruise ship’ says nothing is worse than grief.
A granddad accused of dropping his 18-month-old granddaughter from the window of a cruise ship to her death, said no punishment could be worse than the grief of losing her.
The tragic incident occurred at 4.30pm on July 7, while the ship was docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Lawyers for the family, from Indiana, US, said little Chloe had asked her maternal granddad to lift her up so she could bang on the glass in a children’s play area.

Granddad who 'dropped toddler from cruise ship' says nothing is worse than grief | Metro News
 
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Grandfather charged in girl's cruise ship death says he's colorblind, calls outcome of case "inconsequential"
Last Updated Nov 26, 2019 9:25 AM EST

Salvatore "Sam" Anello, the Indiana man accused of negligent homicide in the death of his granddaughter Chloe Wiegand, said what happens in the criminal investigation is not important because "the worst thing" has already happened. In an exclusive interview with CBS News, Anello spoke for the first time about the moment 18-month-old Wiegand fell from his grasp out of a cruise ship window in Puerto Rico.

"Chloe being gone is the worst thing ever. So I'm like, whatever," Anello said. "There's nothing worse that they could do to me than what's already happened."

Wiegand fell 150 feet from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico in July. Anello was holding the girl up against what he thought was a bank of closed windows, when she slipped from his grasp. Despite the family's wishes not to pursue charges, Puerto Rican prosecutors have charged him with negligent homicide.

"Whether, you know, they find me guilty of whatever or not. It's inconsequential because of what has already happened is so horrible," Anello said.

Anello told CBS News correspondent David Begnaud that he is colorblind and believes that may have contributed to him not realizing the window was open.

"Some of the people who've been on the boat have written to me and said, 'David, the windows are tinted, and so it is pretty easy to recognize that it's open,'" Begnaud said.

"I'm colorblind, David," Anello said. "I don't know. I just never saw it. … I've been told that that's a reason that it might have happened."
 
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Early story
Police investigating death of Indiana tot who fell from cruise ship have not ruled out murder | Daily Mail Online
  • Police investigating the death of Chloe Wiegand, 18-months, who died after falling from a cruise ship in Puerto Rico, say they have not ruled out murder yet
  • Chief cop Sgt Jose D. Sanchez told DailyMail.com that it was premature to declare the incident an accident
  • He said: 'There are various possibilities. It could be a homicide. It could be a murder. It could be an accident'
  • Sgt Sanchez said possible charges could include murder, homicide - killing without intent - or neglect, and it could also be the case that no charges are filed
 
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