Overview

• Both the five-year-old girl and her father are safe aboard the Disney Dream and are receiving medical observation after the rescue.
• Disney Cruise Line praised its crew’s rapid lifeboat deployment that reached them within minutes of the fall.
• Investigators have begun reviewing divergent eyewitness accounts describing how the girl ended up over the railing on the fourth deck.
• Passengers have offered conflicting testimonies, including reports of a selfie attempt, shuffleboard play and assertions that she was never on the railing.
• The ship’s emotionally charged announcement by the captain underscored the tense atmosphere on board during the twenty-minute rescue.