A MAN has fallen from a cruise ship in the Caribbean despite the frantic efforts by other passengers to save him.
Dramatic video of the man plunging into the water was shot by a passenger. It shows the desperate effort to pull him to safety — and then screams of horror as he slips and falls.
The 35-year-old from Brazil is still missing today as the US Coast Guard combs the area using a long-range aircraft and a helicopter, reported Yahoo.
He was a passenger on the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship, which is operated by Royal Caribbean cruises.
The man can be heard yelling, “Let go of me! You don’t touch me!”
A number of traumatised passengers, who can be heard wailing, watched as he continued talking to someone on board, “Because of you, this happened. ... I’m not going anywhere. ... Let go of me! Get off of me!”
The video shows people trying to pull him in before the man, who can’t hold on any longer, lets go and falls from view into the Atlantic Ocean. “Get the life ring and throw it over,” one woman can be heard calling out.
The incident happened 27km east of Turks and Caicos, reported the Sun Sentinel.
“Our report was that he jumped onto the lifeboat and subsequently fell into the water,” said a USCG representative, “but regardless of how he fell into the water, we’re working right now on just finding him.”
He fell from the seventh deck of the ship.
A passenger recorded the captain’s message to the other on-board about the incident on Periscope.
“It is very tragic, especially for the next-of-kin person on board still. Also [for] a crew that was dealing directly with the person that was holding him, trying desperately to save him and he just slipped out of their hands,” the captain said.
Seven feet swells, rain and poor visibility have hampered search efforts.
A statement from Royal Caribbean confirmed the incident and said the man “intentionally” went over the side of the ship.
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