Cruise_Discounter wrote:
> Having been in the travel industry for quite some time, it is my
> experience that even the most intoxicated people rarely (if ever)
> "fall" overboard accidentally, but rather do something stupid that
> negates the safety precautions (like guardrails etc) found on most
> ships. Case in point back around 1990 or so I was working closely with
> Premier Cruise Lines and had heard of an incident aboard one of their
> ships (the Atlantic I believe) where a *heavily* intoxicated gentleman
> had actually climbed up onto the edge of the railing (no easy task on
> that ship) and had fallen. Luckily for him, he actually managed to get
> ahold of (or get tangled in) one of the ship's lines on the way down.
> He was discovered when someone noticed him swinging around outside one
> of the windows of one of the shipboard casinos. The crew onboard ship
> actually got the gentleman hoisted up and back to his cabin without
> injury, where he passed out and had no recollection of the incident the
> next morning.
News accounts I've read indicate that a camera showed Daniel DiPiero
was leaning on a rail and then fell. The media must be being kind to
him. Drunk or not, I can't see him falling off the ship without
bending *way* over the rail or doing some other form of gymnastics on
it. It's not very easy to just fall overboard.
FirstHit
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