Footage shows what happened after man survived jumping off 11th deck of a cruise ship
Anyone who's been on a cruise will know that one of the biggest unwritten rules is to never jump into the ocean from the deck. It's pretty self-explanatory as to why you shouldn't do this, too.
But for one man, this all went out the window when he voluntarily took the plunge from the 11th floor deck of one of the world's largest cruise ships.
American man Nick Naydev, then 27, leapt from the 11th floor of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Symphony of the Seas while it was docked in Nassau, Bahamas back in 2019.
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After all spending the night before heavily drinking, friends filmed Nick as he plummeted 100ft down into the ocean - which, by the way, was potentially infested with sharks.
Miraculously, Nick survived the fall and lived to tell the tale, with him later admitting to Inside Edition that he 'didn't think it through'.
"I remember hitting the water, impact was pretty big 'cause it was pretty high up. It impacted my tailbone and my neck pretty hard, luckily it wasn't anything serious.
"Nothing was really going through my mind. I'm like, 'I gotta do this,' and just two seconds later, I just jumped and didn't really think it through."
He added: "The previous night we were drinking quite a bit so I was still feeling the effects of the alcohol.
"I hope I don't inspire anybody to do this because it is very dangerous, I mean they'll think this is a joke."
Now, footage has emerged of what happened after Nick entered the water.
After making quite the splash from his fall, he's seen casually swimming around in the ocean - almost as if nothing had even happened.
Thankfully for Nick, what appears to be a lifeboat was just around the corner and very quickly came to his assistance, with the young man being able to get onboard to safety.
Unsurprisingly, Royal Caribbean ended up banning Nick and his friends from their cruises for life.
In a statement at the time, they called the stunt 'stupid and reckless', adding that they were 'exploring legal action'.
A few years on from the incident, Nick perhaps now realises how lucky he really is, as a recent three-day 'party' cruise ended in tragedy when a man fell overboard and died.
On 6 May, staff onboard P&O Cruise's 'Pacific Adventure' ship alerted authorities that an Australian man was missing after falling from the vessel 10 nautical miles off Sydney Heads in the early hours.
Officials later announced that a man's body had been pulled from the water at 10.30am on Monday morning, after rescue teams had been forced to battle through 'very rocky and windy' conditions.
Topics: World News, Cruise Ship, Travel
Emily Puckering