Dad of the year, 2025
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@Mik said in Dad of the year, 2025:
One does wonder how a five year old got over the railing.
When Karla and I were on a cruise 20 years ago, I leaned against the railing, and the entire section opened up. Turns out it was a gate that wasn’t secured. I was suspended over open ocean. I have no trust of cruises, and even less now after reading this.
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We were newly married at that time. In fact Lucas was a glimmer in my rum addled eye that trip…
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Cruises are fine. It's the railings you should not trust.
But come to think of it, had Karla been out there without you for a while beforehand?
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Saw this in a news report:
It is rare for people to fall off a cruise ship, but when they do, they often do not survive.
In 2019, the most recent year data is available, 25 people fell overboard and only nine of them were rescued, according to a Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) report.