Overview
- A newly released Broward County report says the child’s size failed to trigger the ship’s man-overboard sensors, which activated only after her father jumped in.
- Investigators documented the timeline: the fall at 11:29 a.m., the alarm at 11:30, a shipwide alert at 11:31, a rescue boat launch at 11:40, and recovery at 11:49.
- Detective Christopher Favitta deemed the incident avoidable and suggested a neglect charge, but the state attorney’s office declined prosecution after its review.
- Medical assessments found the girl had mild hypothermia, while the father was later hospitalized with two spinal fractures and lactic acidosis.
- The mother told police she believed the porthole was covered; Disney praised crew actions during the rescue and has not addressed questions about the vessel’s detection technology.