re: Gramps loses grip dangling a toddler out the Window of the 11th Floor of a cruise ship

Gramps cigarette ash must've burned his arm causing him to drop the baby.

Probably not that, considering an 18 month old toddler average 25-30lbs... So most likely grandpa was holding her either standing or sitting on the balcony rails and she wiggled out of his grip... Still stupid, tragic, and inexcusable.

Whoopsadaisy

gramps needs to commit seppuku

Fell onto the concrete below. 11 stories.

Jesus.

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Everyone knows what's coming next - a lawsuit against the cruise line for not having a warning saying, "Hey you old ignorant f*ck -- don't dangle your 8-year old grandchild from the 11th floor window!"

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Posted everywhere on the ship and part of the muster drill before leaving that everyone attends. Same as for the idiots who drink to oblivion and fall overboard.

Welp, that's enough Internet for the day.

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So most likely grandpa was holding her either standing or sitting on the balcony rails and she wiggled out of his grip

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This is even fricking worse cause this means the child was terrified out of her little mind before being sent to her death by her fricking retarded arsehole grandfather. I hope this guy dies a torturous death.

Here's the latest. I'm not buying this story for a second.

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"Essentially her grandfather lifts her up and puts her on a railing and where he thinks that there is glass there because it's clear, but it turns out there was no glass there," Winkleman said. "She goes to bang on the glass like she would have at one of those hockey rinks, and the next thing you know, she's gone."

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If one window is open there would be breeze going through it
If you have the life of a toddler in your hands, do you not think that maybe you'd put your hand out just to, you know, make sure there's actually a barrier there?
If there was a railing that was part of this window wall, how did he think her legs were fitting between the railing and the window?

I just don't think someone could be so stupid as to think there is a window 6 inches from their face and have there one not be...to their utter shock.

I'm guessing the guy knew damn well it was open to the outside/below, and was sitting her on the railing and she simply squirmed off.


ETA: here's one picture that appears to have an open window in that specific area. All the other closed windows have tint on them, which is a dead giveaway, and they also...have an actual window in them that you can see, feel, and which blocks the wind.

Freedom of the Seas H2O Zone

I would like to see the follow-up to this story in November when the family all (well what's left of the family) meets for Thanksgiving Dinner! I suspect Thanksgiving will be a time for celebration by some who want to get rid of their pent up emotions.