{"id":14933,"date":"2017-03-13T18:39:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14933"},"modified":"2017-03-13T18:39:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T18:39:09","slug":"deputy-saves-women-seconds-before-cruise-ship-hits-them-at-port-canaveral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14933","title":{"rendered":"Deputy saves women seconds before cruise ship hits them at Port Canaveral"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ClickOrlando.com<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0The near-tragedy was captured on video by a passenger aboard the 130,000-ton Carnival Cruise Line\u2019s Magic.<\/p>\n

Capt. Doug Brown, a Port Canaveral harbor pilot, was navigating the Magic close to the mouth of the port when he noticed a personal watercraft with two women on board within the navigation channel near the jetties, according to a post on the pilot association\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Brown alerted Brevard County sheriff\u2019s Deputy Taner Primmer, who was operating the sheriff\u2019s patrol boat in support of cruise ship departures. Primmer navigated toward the women, identified as Skylar Penpasuglia, 19, and Allison Garrett, 20, both of Princeton, West Virginia,\u00a0but one of them fell off the personal watercraft, which flipped over as she tried to get back on.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the narrow width of the Port\u2019s channel, there was very little room to maneuver the ship,\u201d Sheriff Wayne Ivey said. \u201cHowever, Port Canaveral Harbor Pilot Capt. Doug Brown slightly veered the ship when Deputy Primmer steered his boat into the path of the ship and quickly pulled the two girls on board the Sheriff\u2019s Office Safe Boat.\u201d<\/p>\n