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- New York Post
Disney cruise passenger recalls ‘loud' sounds they heard when young girl fell off ship before hero dad dove in to save her
A Disney cruise passenger described the harrowing sound made when a young girl fell off the ship and smacked into the ocean before her father bravely dove in and saved her.
The passenger, named Chandler, recalled the frightening screams and the moment the girl hit the water, which she said sounded 'nothing like if you jump into a pool.'
'There was some kind of commotion,' Chandler told People magazine.
3 A passenger on board the Disney Dream cruise ship is describing the moment a father and daughter went overboard
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'Then this awful scream from what I assume is the mother and then this massive splash,' she continued.
'It sounded like hitting pavement, nothing like if you jump into a pool, it was so loud.'
The girl fell from the fourth deck of the Disney Dream ship on Sunday as they traveled between Nassau and Grand Bahama Island, according to the Disney Dream Cruise Ship Facebook Group.
A man identified as her father immediately jumped in after her and treaded water for 20 minutes until one of the cruise ship's rescue boat arrived.
Video posted to TIkTok by Chandler shows the dramatic moment the crew members pulled the pair to safety.
3 A man identified as her father immediately jumped in after her and treaded water for 20 minutes until one of the cruise ship's rescue boat arrived.
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3 Both passengers were safely returned to the ship, and no injuries were reported.
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It's not exactly clear how the child fell, however one witness recounted the 'horrific' scene to NBC News, saying the child fell from a railing.
'She was sitting on the rail, and he wanted to take a picture, and she fell off,' Gar Frantz told the outlet.
'We were just on that deck. And then you saw them throwing, like, life jackets over the sides and stuff.'
