Baton Rouge high-school student presumed lost after jumping from cruise boat in Bahamas on a dare (1 Viewer)

[CapitalCitySaint]

So if someone goes overboard, what is the procedure? I don't think the ship stops to look for you, do they? Wondering if procedure is for the ship to stop and turn around (kinda hard to do), if they stop & deploy a small rescue boat or if the rescue is left to the coast guard. If the procedure is to leave it to the coast guard, then voluntarily jumping off a moving ship is even dumber than my initial feelings about how stupid it is because it will take the CG awhile to get to where they "think" you are. Not to mention currents, waves, sharks, etc.

IDK, I watched Open Water back in 2003 and getting lost out in the open water is terrifying to me. Plus anyone who has spent even just a few minutes in the ocean knows how little control you have against its force.

 

[CoolBrees]

Open Water was like watching my worst nightmare for two hours.

 

[Sardonios]

I am not seeing a shark anywhere either though I think it's very likely that he was eaten by one.

Even at my dumbest & drunkest at any age, jumping off a moving cruise ship in the dark seems like a very stupid idea and that people went along with it and filmed it...dude.

Right at the beginning of the original video (first post of the thread), there's a splash on the left side of the screen. That's the first shot of the "shark," although it's totally unclear whether it's just a wave or the splash of the life ring being thrown in the water.

At the 9 second mark of the original video, there's a gray shape that appears behind him that looks like it could be the head of a large shark breaching the water and biting his feet. His shoulders immediately dip after that shape disappears. That seems to be the main source of the theory. Or it could just be that he kicked his feet and the "shark" is the splash of his kick, followed by his torso sinking in the water as part of a natural swimming motion. If it's a shark, it may be the most gentle attack and breach in history. There is no visible splash as the head comes up and the victim doesn't thrash or react in any visible way. And there's no audible change in the crowd in response to now witnessing him being bitten.

 

[Moon]

I went there literally the week after this incident, and actually saw the pirate ship that the kid jumped from out sailing with another fresh batch of tourists. The locals I talked to were saying "Oh yeah baby, da shack take em", saying those little wine & dine cruises were constantly dumping half & uneaten food into the water, and there was always a trail of sharks following & biting everything that hit the water.

Couple of notes--18 is the legal drinking age there, and the American kids there on their graduation trips were taking full advantage of it. I was seeing kids at lunchtime being carried out of bars & restaurants

I know a guy whose son was on the boat when the kid jumped (he did not see it happen though)---he was advised by an attorney friend the morning after to get out of dodge because he felt the local police were going to try and bring charges against the kid's friends for egging him on, so he loaded up his family and flew out that night

 

[Sailorsaint]

So if someone goes overboard, what is the procedure? I don't think the ship stops to look for you, do they? Wondering if procedure is for the ship to stop and turn around (kinda hard to do), if they stop & deploy a small rescue boat or if the rescue is left to the coast guard. If the procedure is to leave it to the coast guard, then voluntarily jumping off a moving ship is even dumber than my initial feelings about how stupid it is because it will take the CG awhile to get to where they "think" you are. Not to mention currents, waves, sharks, etc.

IDK, I watched Open Water back in 2003 and getting lost out in the open water is terrifying to me. Plus anyone who has spent even just a few minutes in the ocean knows how little control you have against its force.

The proper procedure is to mark your position as soon as "man overboard" is declared, turn into the direction of the side the man went overboard, drop a boat in the water, have all hands on deck looking for the man in the water. Now, I'm not sure how fast all of that happens if you are on a sailing vessel, but a powered vessel can usually be back to the point of incident in minutes, of course, night time makes it just that more difficult to see someone in the water, even if there is a full moon.

 

[Turfie]

Right at the beginning of the original video (first post of the thread), there's a splash on the left side of the screen. That's the first shot of the "shark," although it's totally unclear whether it's just a wave or the splash of the life ring being thrown in the water.

At the 9 second mark of the original video, there's a gray shape that appears behind him that looks like it could be the head of a large shark breaching the water and biting his feet. His shoulders immediately dip after that shape disappears. That seems to be the main source of the theory. Or it could just be that he kicked his feet and the "shark" is the splash of his kick, followed by his torso sinking in the water as part of a natural swimming motion. If it's a shark, it may be the most gentle attack and breach in history. There is no visible splash as the head comes up and the victim doesn't thrash or react in any visible way. And there's no audible change in the crowd in response to now witnessing him being bitten.

Please only click this link if you can stomach some language in the video: https://www.reddit.com/r/cameronrobbinsSHARK/s/HMzdx7X1CQ

If you are interested I highly suggest reading through other posts on that subreddit. I completely understand if you don’t want to invest more time on this.

The boat was anchored. A very capable swimmer got forcibly submerged. A shark is moving with a clear dorsal fin towards the start of the video. The kid swims away from the boat and away from the life preserver. This is because of a shark.

The shark breached and grabbed his lower half and took him under.

There were horrifying screams in the background of the video, before he was taken under.

 

[DCSaints_Fan]

So if someone goes overboard, what is the procedure? I don't think the ship stops to look for you, do they? Wondering if procedure is for the ship to stop and turn around (kinda hard to do), if they stop & deploy a small rescue boat or if the rescue is left to the coast guard. If the procedure is to leave it to the coast guard, then voluntarily jumping off a moving ship is even dumber than my initial feelings about how stupid it is because it will take the CG awhile to get to where they "think" you are. Not to mention currents, waves, sharks, etc.

IDK, I watched Open Water back in 2003 and getting lost out in the open water is terrifying to me. Plus anyone who has spent even just a few minutes in the ocean knows how little control you have against its force.

Good video on this subject


If they become aware immediately, and not something like being notified hours later, then generally the ship will try to turn around and search, even its a big cruise liner. There's probably exceptions like very close to a busy port where another more manueverable ship would have a better chance.

Its really a race against time, after about an hour or so, chance of recovery diminishes rapidly.

The first problem on a big ship like a cruise liner, thats going to be a fall of over 100 feet from the deck (for a small ship), going up to 200 feet for larger ones . Assuming the falls are accidental, its likley you don't hit the water as you should (feet first), so there's a good chance the fall kills you. For reference the Golden Gate is 220 feet and few people survive that jump.

If the fall doesn't kill you, likely you are severely injured and avoiding drowning will be challenge. Add in situations like rough seas / swells makes this harder.

Next, in colder waters (basically everywhere except the tropics) hypothermia is the next danger.

Sharks are pretty far down on the list of problems. Yes it has happened but its very unusual.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

 

[CoolBrees]

Now that's a dad

 

[SaintRob]

It's too early in the morning for me to be cutting onions.