The father of a 20-year-old Florida man who jumped from the 11th floor of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship 57 miles off the coast last week believes his “master diver” son is still alive, according to reports.
Francel Parker said: daily sun His son, Le’Veon Parker, works on a commercial fishing boat and said he was hit with multiple flotation devices on Thursday, April 4.
“As soon as he left the side, I prayed for him,” his father told the outlet. “I am confident that my prayers for my son have been heard. I stand on the word of God. I believe that my son is alive.”
The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday called off its search in Cuban waters for a missing 20-year-old boy, a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard District 7 Public Affairs Team confirmed. The 18-story ship was just hours away from the port of Fort Lauderdale after a four-day cruise between Cuba and Grand Inagua Island in the Bahamas when Parker jumped.
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Le’Veon Parker jumped from the 11th floor of Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas on April 4th. His father believes he is still alive. (Levion Parker/Instagram)
The Sun reported that there had been an argument before Parker jumped, but his father told the publication that he had not argued with his son beforehand. Parker’s father said his son had been drinking on the ship, but that it was not suicide, The Sun reported.
“We don’t drink and we want to know how they provided so much alcohol to our son,” Parker, the eldest son, told the Daily Sun.
The minimum drinking age on Royal Caribbean cruises departing from the United States or the Caribbean is 21, but the company could not be reached for comment on how the hoodie was served.
Le’Veon Parker and his family were on Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas cruise. (Reuters)
Another passenger on the Liberty of the Seas cruise said: new york post Parker’s father confronted Parker, 20, and his 18-year-old brother Seth after they got out of the ship’s hot tub.
“I think his father was making a fuss about him being drunk,” Brian Sims told the magazine. “When we got to them, he said to his father, ‘I’ll fix it right now,’ and he jumped out the window in front of all of us.”
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According to his Instagram, Parker’s interests include deep sea fishing and hunting. (Levion Parker/Instagram)
Mr Sims told the newspaper that Mr Leveon had been chatting with the Parker brothers before he jumped overboard and said the brother was “very drunk”. Leveon said he talked about his work on yachts and fishing boats.
Another passenger, Deborah Morrison, told the Post that after Parker jumped, “there was a lot of screaming and the crew was alerted immediately.”
“His family was appalled and stunned,” she told the outlet. “I can’t even imagine what they’re going through.”
“It was night, so the boat was moving pretty fast and covering a long distance,” Sims told the Post. “We were screaming and his father was calling for everyone to stop the ship… There were a lot of crew members on top and after we turned around and went back to the area I guess , and began launching small boats to search.”
Parker jumped from the 11th floor of Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas. (Levion Parker/Instagram)
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Royal Caribbean said in a statement to the Post that its crew “immediately began a search and rescue operation with the U.S. Coast Guard taking over the search.”
The next morning was “depressing,” passenger Amy Phelps Fauss told the Post.
“So many people came out of their cabins and looked out to sea, hoping they could help find the person,” she said.
Parker’s father owns an air conditioning business, and the family was on the cruise as guests of Tropic Supply, a Florida-based air conditioner wholesaler. daily mail report. Dozens of contractors were invited to the company’s 50th anniversary cruise.
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According to the report, approximately 386 people were reported to have fallen overboard at major cruise lines between 2000 and 2020. Washington Post. According to a study by the Cruise Lines International Association, only 28% of people who fell from ships between 2009 and 2019 survived.
