Wrong Way to Start Your Cruise

A man from my region exhibited pure stupidity by leaping off the deck of his cruiseliner when it was 50 miles out to sea.  Somehow, he managed not to get sucked into the giant screws of the ship and was picked up by the Cast Guard a bit later, reeking of gin.

From the AP here:

A Maryland man was rescued early Monday from the ocean off Florida after he reportedly jumped from a cruise ship, the Coast Guard said.
 
The Carnival Liberty alerted the Coast Guard around 11:35 p.m. Sunday that Scott Durrin, 29, of Rockville, Md., had possibly jumped overboard, according to the Coast Guard.  Durrin appeared to have been intoxicated.

Durrin fell about 36 feet into the water about 50 miles off the coast of Boca Raton. Crew aboard the Liberty threw life-rings and jackets over the side. Coast Guard crews located Durrin about an hour later.

A 36 foot drop would have made the jumping point at the lifeboat deck, where the red line is on the ship.  The story is not clear on whether or not the ship stopped to help in the search.  And Durrin is lucky that the water 50 miles off the coast of Florida is a nice 76 degrees at this time of year too.