YankeesFan4Life Posted May 3, 2023 #1 Share Posted May 3, 2023 7am woke up to Oscar Oscar Oscar over the loud speaker. Supposedly man overboard port side was wearing life jacket floating face down. We were already at the dock in Nassau. Thoughts and prayers for his/her loved ones. Dunno if it was a passenger on the ship or a dock worker. Anyone else here on the ship have any insight? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted May 3, 2023 #2 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Terrible news. Thoughts and prayers to family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted May 3, 2023 #3 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Could it have been a crew drill? We witnessed one like that, while in a port, with a dummy thrown overboard, and all departments responding, with lifeboats, medical staff on standby, etc. No evidence of anything happening on Nassau webcam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cru1s1ng2009 Posted May 3, 2023 #4 Share Posted May 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, shipgeeks said: Could it have been a crew drill? We witnessed one like that, while in a port, with a dummy thrown overboard, and all departments responding, with lifeboats, medical staff on standby, etc. No evidence of anything happening on Nassau webcam. that would be a best case scenario. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishgal432 Posted May 3, 2023 #5 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Eyewitness news Bahamas reporting a male was floating face down and appears to be a Bahamian citizen. Cannot rule out foul play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo&fran Posted May 3, 2023 #6 Share Posted May 3, 2023 11 minutes ago, shipgeeks said: Could it have been a crew drill? We witnessed one like that, while in a port, with a dummy thrown overboard, and all departments responding, with lifeboats, medical staff on standby, etc. No evidence of anything happening on Nassau webcam. I have seen the same thing, also in Nassau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted May 3, 2023 #7 Share Posted May 3, 2023 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesFan4Life Posted May 3, 2023 Author #8 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Luckily for us on the ship, it wasn't one of ours, but still feel horrible for the victim and his family/loved ones.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gluecksbaer Posted May 4, 2023 #9 Share Posted May 4, 2023 11 hours ago, shipgeeks said: Could it have been a crew drill? We witnessed one like that, while in a port, with a dummy thrown overboard, and all departments responding, with lifeboats, medical staff on standby, etc. No evidence of anything happening on Nassau webcam. There ought to be a very clear announcements for passengers when there is a drill. If not immediately (if the idea is to catch crew without notice and have them take it seriously), then right after the drill's conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONECRUISER Posted May 4, 2023 #10 Share Posted May 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, gluecksbaer said: There ought to be a very clear announcements for passengers when there is a drill. If not immediately (if the idea is to catch crew without notice and have them take it seriously), then right after the drill's conclusion. They do but many times announcements are after most passengers are ashore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cru1s1ng2009 Posted May 4, 2023 #11 Share Posted May 4, 2023 it makes me sad that anyone needs to ask if it is a tourist or local. It shouldnt matter. But i guess all tourist attractions are like this? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeant655 Posted May 4, 2023 #12 Share Posted May 4, 2023 If it is a surprise drill for the crew they will cal Oscar Oscar Oscar port/ starboard side and then add this is a drill for crew only. I have experienced a drill where the emergency signal went off without a announcement that it was a drill and saw lots of passengers grabbing life jackets and heading to muster stations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIR8LUVR Posted May 4, 2023 #13 Share Posted May 4, 2023 18 hours ago, gluecksbaer said: There ought to be a very clear announcements for passengers when there is a drill. If not immediately (if the idea is to catch crew without notice and have them take it seriously), then right after the drill's conclusion. Yes, there are. We were on Wonder in February and they were doing drills. They made several announcements about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyguyrw Posted May 6, 2023 #14 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Just an update. Was on iots this week, during the captains q&a he explained that the call was a genuine call as we were the first ship in port and may have been the ones who made the discovery. It was then made clear that local authorities were dealing with it. As you could imagine this was a topic of conversation for the rest of the trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
def0715 Posted May 6, 2023 #15 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Which sailing of the Independence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted May 7, 2023 #16 Share Posted May 7, 2023 13 hours ago, def0715 said: Which sailing of the Independence? The one that was in Nassau on Wednesday 5/3/2023? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
def0715 Posted May 7, 2023 #17 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Thanks. I was on that sailing and wondered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireA1978 Posted May 7, 2023 #18 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Me too-they were doing staff drills all day so we put it down to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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