One family is holding each other especially close tonight.
As a Disney Cruise Line ship returned to a Florida port following a trip to the Bahamas, a father raced to rescue his daughter after she fell overboard June 29, according to multiple passengers onboard.
“A little girl fell overboard and her dad jumped overboard to try to save her,” passenger Dewayne Smith wrote on Facebook after the incident. “Man overboard calls went up immediately. The Disney crew went into action asap. Lots of praying folks on this ship!”
He added, “Both the little girl and dad were both successfully rescued!”
Alongside the message, he shared a snap of rescuers bringing the father-daughter duo to the ship. As passengers enjoyed the last leg of their voyage following a four-day getaway, a “man overboard” emergency code was signaled across the vessel.
Disney Cruise Line confirmed the incident, telling USA Today in a statement that the crew “swiftly rescued two guests from the water.”
