In the last nine months, four children age 6 or younger have drowned or nearly drowned on cruise ships.
A 4 year child remains brain damaged after he nearly drowned on a Disney cruise ship, the Fantasy. A 6 year old child is dead after drowning on a Carnival cruise ship, the Victory
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The AP reports that a 6-year-old boy drowned in a pool on Carnival Victory cruise ship on Sunday.
Carnival said that this was the first time a child drowned on one of its ships.
But just last month a 41 year-old passenger drowned in one of the hot tubs on the Carnival Dream.
Earlier this week I wrote an article about a 4 year old boy who almost drowned in a pool on the Disney Fantasy cruise ship.
I advocated having a lifeguard at every pool on a cruise ship, especially on Disney ships which cater to families with kids. Lifeguards are needed because parents are not perfect
