Vera Marion the mother of the 21 year old Tennessee lady who went overboard of Allure of the Seas shared information how onboard security and captain responded to the incident.
"They knew she had gone overboard. The woman called and said something from the deck fell and hit her arm. They immediately cleared off that side of the ship, but they never started the search," Vera said.
In a response to this accusation Royal Caribbean International says that the passenger who reported that something went overboard from the deck above at 9:25pm was not sure what gone overboard.
Mrs. Marion believes that valuable time was lost, because security reviewed the surveillance cameras one hour later and the captain reaction was slow. She says that her daughter could be saved if the search began two hours earlier immediately.

Lets recap the events that happened at that day

Sunday, September 17
5:00 p.m
RCCL Allure of the Seas departed from Fort Lauderdale on 7 Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise heading to Nassau.
9:25pm
Passenger reports to the crew that something went overboard from the deck above hiting her arm and didn't know exactly what it was.
9:30 p.m
Mrs. Marion was informed by the crew that her daughter went overboard
10:27 pm
Security officer revue the surveillance camera and saw on the tape that a woman went overboard.
11:30 p.m
Allure of the Seas captain calls the US Coast Guard that a person went overboard.

Allure of the Seas started the search of the missing woman with a help of two cruise ships Carnival Fascination and Majesty of the Sea. At 1:20 a.m Coast Guard started searching 2,300 square miles area for two days using MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, HC-144 airplane, C-130 airplane and a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. The body of the missing woman was not found.

We are not experts to say if there was or wasn’t slow response by the captain and crew but one thing is for certain that some rules and procedures must be followed and we are certain that what the captain did.