Cruise: Video Shows Missing Passenger Alone When She Fell

Trying to quell speculation about a missing passenger's disappearance, the Norwegian Cruise Line says there is surveillance video showing 46-year-old Mindy Jordan falling from the ship. Jordan fell overboard the Norwegian Dawn two hours after it left NYC, on its way to Bermuda.

Further, NCL says its surveillance video shows that Jordan, a NJ resident and registered nurse, was alone in her stateroom. The cruise's timeline indicates she and her boyfriend Jorge Caputo went into their cabin together at 7:28 p.m., with Caputo exiting a few minutes later to "join the another couple in their cabin next door."

Then, at 7:53 p.m., "surveillance cameras from the exterior of the ship capture Mindy falling overboard from her balcony, straight into the water." A call was made from the friends' cabin, and Caputo is seen exiting their cabin for help. The cruise has docked in Bermuda, where the FBI is questioning witnesses.

Jordan's family has been suspicious of her death, suggesting Caputo was an abusive boyfriend and questioning his nonchalance over the disappearance. Caputo allegedly said Jordan was climbing over the rail--and that he tried to save her but couldn't. Cruise passengers said the sea was rough, "You couldn't even stand up. The wind was just blowing and blowing and I can't imagine what they were doing up there, what led her to do something like that."

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Though Jordan was alone, her boyfriend and friends were in the cabin next door. I wonder if they were urging her to climb over the railing to their cabin--Jordan's mother did say when the boyfriend called, he said he tried to save her from falling.

Who cares whether the boyfriend was urging her to do it or not? It boils down to the same thing all of our parents used to say, "Do you do everything your friends do? If they jumped off a bridge, would you?"

Paging Dr. Darwin...

"Jordan's family has been suspicious of her death, suggesting Caputo was an abusive boyfriend and questioning why his nonchalance the disappearance."

Instead of commenting on your own stories, why don't you proof read them?

1. Women always perform actions that's not logical.
2. Is she drunk ?
3. Is she on drugs ?

Now You cannot play the blame game, with a video that does not show the guy near her.

another "when bad things happen to stupid people" story

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Tgirl, beautifully succinct and entirely correct.

The white woman's parents manipulated me into doubting the story of the latino dude. I feel dirty.

Having never been on a cruise I am at least a little surprised to hear there are apparently surveillance cameras everywhere. No privacy advocates going to scream out on this?

You can play the blame game. Like tgirl, I blame stupidity.

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