“She Can’t Get Her Kid!” Terrifying Videos Show Chairs Flying and People Falling When Apparent Squall Strikes Cruise Ship

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Bone-chilling video depicts what happened when an apparent squall wreaked havoc upon Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas ship on Friday.

The ship wasn’t even out of Port Canaveral, Florida, when an approaching storm seemed to suddenly gain strength and invited itself to the party.

Deck chairs fly everywhere — apparently striking passengers fleeing for cover.

Jenn Stancil — safely ensconced inside Independence of the Seas — whipped out her phone and recorded the terrifying scene.

In the above video, footage appears to show a woman and her child getting overtaken by the rain and strong winds. Hearing, “She can’t get her kid! … She’s gotta hold her little baby!” made my stomach ache and put tears in my eyes.

Then came the PA call of a code alpha — which means a medical emergency.

Check out this 10-minute video of how the weather went from OK to Awful to What Just Happened?

From our research, Royal Caribbean hasn’t commented on the incident. But, hey, #UptopiaOfTheSeas!

Um, #ReadTheRoom.

I’ve reached out to Royal Caribbean for comment and will update this post as appropriate.

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