Woman In A Wheel Chair Falls Off A Cruise Ship Dock, Two Men Make A Heroic Rescue!

A wheelchair-bound woman as a guest on Carnival Fascination cruise ship was chilling with a family member in the Virgin Islands on August 12. However, somehow, her wheelchair fell into the water from the cruise ship dock in St Thomas.

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It was then two men jumped to save the drowning woman. A recorded video shows the woman holding onto the life ring.

When the first man was seen struggling to save the woman from going underwater, the second man jumped right after. The two men named Kashief Hamilton, a DJ, and Randolph Donovan, a stilt dancer, showed immense courage in doing so.

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"I jumped straight in the water from the top level of the dock,¡± Donovan, 34, told NBC. ¡°I removed her from the wheelchair because I didn¡¯t want the wheelchair to sink with her in it.¡±

¡°[Donovan] went from trying to rescue her and now he¡¯s trying to survive,¡± Hamilton told NBC. ¡°I can¡¯t lose my friend, so I jumped in.¡±

Soon the crew members were seen throwing a rope when the two men managed to carry to the woman to the edge of the dock. The woman was then pulled out safely from the water, unharmed.

¡°The guest was seen by our medical team and did not sustain injuries,¡± the Carnival spokesperson says. ¡°A complimentary replacement wheelchair has been provided for the duration of the cruise. Our most sincere thanks and appreciation to these individuals for their heroic efforts in assisting this guest.¡±

Hamilton posted the same on Facebook assuring that he and his friend are okay too.

He wrote,

Wake up this morning set and ready to go Dj on WICO Dock for the tourist coming in on the carnival ship not knowing i will be saving a tourist life.

Thank God we all are safe and sound. The love that is coming is tremendous and i want to say thank you to each and everyone.

Joseph Boschulte, the commissioner for the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, honoured both men in a Facebook post and also shared pictures.

¡°I want to thank and acknowledge two members of our Visitor Experience team at the Department of Tourism ¡ª Kashief Hamilton and Randolph Donovan, Jr. ¡ª who went above the call of duty yesterday to save a disabled Carnival Fascination passenger from drowning at The West Indian Company (WICO) dock,¡± Boschulte wrote.

¡°Our team at the Department of Tourism truly value their heroic efforts, and thanks to them, a young visitor¡¯s life was saved,¡± he added. ¡°We often say that ¡®Tourism Is All of Us,¡¯ and Kashief and Randolph truly embodied that message.¡±