The pair were rescued by crew from the Disney Dream after the father treaded water with his 5-year-old daughter for about 20 minutes, the release said. The incident happened about 11:30 a.m. Sunday when the girl “lost her balance while sitting on a railing and falling backward through a porthole,” the release said.

The girl went overboard from Deck 4 on Sunday, June 29, as the Disney Dream was heading back to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from The Bahamas. The child's fall occurred around 11:30 a.m.

A girl who fell from the Disney Dream cruise ship on Sunday had been sitting on a railing on the fourth deck before falling into the ocean, according to a Florida sheriff’s office.