I would take that article with a grain of salt. US main stream media have gotten many details wrong. Judging from his body language at the press conference, I do not believe AW had yet seen the video. When asked (at said press conference) if the parents had viewed the video, AW didn’t say a word but shook his head no almost in disgust and choked up (face turning red, eyes watering, involuntary swallowing). I’m no body language expert but I believed him. This was before the video was leaked. He may have seen it by now though.
"The family waited until they saw it to file the lawsuit"
This new find (thank you, MsMarple) jumped out at me because the family was asked at the last press conference if they'd seen the video. KW seemed to hesitate at that question. Even though she indicated that no, she hadn't, I wasn't sure about that. Chikkamma, I agree that
so many articles make mistakes, but I think this one may be accurate because it is very specific about this point. But either way, I agree that by now at least one of the parents, probably both, has seen the videos. They may have even seen more videos than we have, because the defense attorney probably has everything now.
I think about how traumatic the day it happened and the days following were for Chloe's parents. They had just boarded hours ago, were far away from home and on a ship. All was fine and then suddenly they find out that their daughter just fell from the ship. They had to want to rush to her side; that was 11 stories away. Then they went to the hospital. In between all of that, they had 2 sets of in-laws and their son there. And SA being the cause of this whole thing. They had to talk to ship personnel and figure out moment to moment what to do next. They had to get off the ship and go to a hotel and stay in PR for several days until authorities released Chloe's body. They had to figure out what kind of attorneys were needed if any and make funeral arrangements including transport of Chloe. And so much more I'm sure including being asked to be interviewed by the police, plus still dealing with everyone else's loss and emotions and input as well.
But most of all they had to do all this stuff while enduring the kind of trauma that most people will never experience - processing this nightmare that happened to their toddler. I'm sure that's just a small part of what they've dealt with. I feel terrible for them. They are putting on a brave face,
but unless they are saints, they will be dealing with rage and heartbreak for a
long time. I remember so well when my daughter was that little and precious. If I had been the parents, I don't know how I would have been able to function.
Once I was halfway across the world and my small child had a medical emergency and was rushed to surgery. I didn't speak the language and the medical practices were very different, to put it mildly. I was even told parents were not allowed to be with the children in the hospital (fortunately I got to stay anyway and the doctors did a great job). Her father, who learned this by phone long distance, was very distressed and in complete shock. When it's your
child especially, everything is that much harder when you're a long way from home and not familiar with anyone who is in charge of helping you.
I'm just saying these parents have been through hell. I think they were great parents to Chloe and obviously adored her. I hate that this has happened to them and her brother. It is such a bizarre and horrible thing that happened. It still has yet to make any sense to me. I saw the video again today and she most certainly was being rocked in some kind of way outside of the window. The bartenders, appears to be about 3 of them, were just a few feet away facing where this happened.
