A 5-year-old girl who plummeted 50 feet into the ocean off a Disney cruise ship was asked to pose in front of an open porthole by her mother just moments earlier, authorities in Florida have said.

A shocking police report states that the young child lost her balance while standing in front of a porthole on the Disney Dream cruise ship, falling into the water below at 11:29 a.m. on June 29.

Her father dove in after her 45 seconds later, and was praised for his heroism, before rumors later spread claiming that he had lifted his daughter up onto the railing for a photo before she slipped. 4

But authorities now say that it was the girl’s mother who encouraged her daughter to get up onto the railing.

Criminal charges were recommended against the mother, but after finding that t

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