Passengers on Royal Caribbean‘s Liberty of the Seas cruise experienced a horrific incident when a 20-year-old man unexpectedly jumped overboard in the early hours of Thursday, reports the NY Post. 

The incident occurred while the massive 18-story ship was traveling between Cuba and the Bahamas’ Grand Inagua Island. Witnesses reported that the young man’s father and brother were left devastated as they helplessly witnessed him making the impulsive decision to leap off the deck.

“He was pretty drunk,”

passenger Bryan Sims tells The Post.

“As we were walking from the hot tub back to the elevators, his dad and brother were walking towards us. His dad was fussing at him for being drunk, I guess.”



“When we got to them, he said to his dad, ‘I’ll fix this right now.’ And he jumped out the window in front of us all.” 

Royal Caribbean’s crew wasted no time in responding to the incident, as confirmed in their statement to The Post.

“The ship’s crew immediately launched a search and rescue effort alongside the US Coast Guard, who has taken over the search,”

the statement reads.

“Our Care Team is providing support and assistance to the guest’s family during this difficult time. For the privacy of the guest and their family, we have no additional details to share.”

The Coast Guard has confirmed that they are still searching for the man in the waters off Cuba, as reported by The Post. However, they have not been able to locate him yet.

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