Indiana toddler, allegedly dangled by grandfather, dies after plunging 150 feet from cruise ship

[sfwilshire]

As someone who has managed to fall down in several inconvenient places without very good reasons, I would expect public places to have some safety measures to protect all of us, whether impaired or just clumsy. Large open windows several stories high with no railings would make me pretty nervous.

Sheila

 

[Shankilicious]

As someone who has managed to fall down in several inconvenient places without very good reasons, I would expect public places to have some safety measures to protect all of us, whether impaired or just clumsy. Large open windows several stories high with no railings would make me pretty nervous.

Sheila

that's a fair point. Nowadays, if you have stairs leading up to your house or pool that reach a height of four feet or more, those stairs are required to have a railing.

 

[sfwilshire]

So true. We had difficulty getting homeowners insurance because we have a wrap-around porch with no railing. Highest point is probably 3' off the ground, but several companies denied us insurance. The height was only one step up at the primary point of entry.

Sheila

 

[Shankilicious]

So true. We had difficulty getting homeowners insurance because we have a wrap-around porch with no railing. Highest point is probably 3' off the ground, but several companies denied us insurance. The height was only one step up at the primary point of entry.

Sheila

That's pathetic! This world is becoming full of pansy little snowflakes.

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[PigsDad]

Large open windows several stories high with no railings would make me pretty nervous.

Where did you read that there was no railings? What I saw was the sliding window was several feet above the deck, and the grandfather placed the child on the window ledge. Nowhere did I see that the open window had no railing.

Kurt

 

[PigsDad]

It is probably only a matter of time until they put metal cage material or plexiglass over every balcony and above every railing on these cruise ships to idiot-proof them.

Kurt

 

[presley]

https://www.insideedition.com/famil...ter-toddler-fell-out-cruise-ship-window-54291

Okay, this makes more sense. The grandfather didn't know the window was open. He put her in the window and she was going to bang on the glass, which wasn't there and that sent her to her death. I couldn't find the picture that I saw of the windows being looked at by staff after the incident, but they looked like the windows in my attachment towards the top of the ship where there very large windows that have a bottom and a top (floor to ceiling). The parts that open are the top parts. I don't think the ones in my link are the exact same ones, but they look like the ones in the picture that I saw somewhere.

I see people put their kids in the windows on Disney all the time. Of course, those windows don't open at all. I can understand why the Grandfather didn't realize the window was open.

 

[MULTIZ321]

Toddler cruise ship death: Grandfather thought
window was closed, lawyer says.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/trav...eedom-of-the-seas-royal-caribbean/1682482001/


Richard

 

[MULTIZ321]

Grandfather didn't dangle baby from cruise ship
window. This is not the 'Michael Jackson story,' says family attorney.


https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/07/09/us/cruise-ship-toddler-attorney-press-conference/

Richard

 

[klpca]

See photos in post #8 on the cruise critic thread. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2677831-freedom-of-the-seas-opening-window/

Still seems unbelievable that it could happen.

 

[pedro47]

See photos in post #8 on the cruise critic thread. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2677831-freedom-of-the-seas-opening-window/

Still seems unbelievable that it could happen.

I just read the cruise critic thread and viewed the open window on the RCCL ship. The grandfather story is ??? IMO.

There is more to this incident IMHO.

 

[pedro47]

Please read cruise critics for some comments. RCCL has locked this topics on the CC website.
You can read more under the Celebrity Cruise Line Board about this incident.
Topics Subject: "Horrible Story, What was he thinking."
Read page 4 ; posts 82 & 85.

 

[MULTIZ321]

Toddler's Fall From Cruise Ship Brings Up Issues Of Safety.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninash...ship-brings-up-issues-of-safety/#6b58ed9867b4.


Richard