No charges will be filed against a mother whose 5-year-old daughter fell overboard while on a Disney Cruise this past June, Florida officials said.

According to court records, the mother was facing a child neglect charge after the girl lost her balance while sitting on a railing and fell to the water through a porthole of the Disney Dream ship near Fort Lauderdale, prompting her father to jump into the ocean to save her .

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The incident happened at about 11:30 a.m. June 29 on Deck 4 the cruise ship while it was in international waters between the Bahamas and Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.

After the 5-year-old fell backward into the ocean, the girl's mother immediately alerted the fathe

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