Death by basketball?

Ok, i reaize the title is odd, and your probobly thinking this has to do with the news. Well ya know what? your not gonna find this story anywhere else but here so i suggest you keep reading. Alright well, here's the scoop.

My parents decided to go on a romantic cruise (ugh... visions in my head that DO NOT NEED TO BE THERE!!!!!) without me and my younger brother. Now, about halfway in their cruise, the ship docked at Jamaica. My step-dad, being the sports fanatic that he is, decided to stay on ship and play some basketball. He is a very carefull guy, and not at all a halfwit like many kids might expect. But, today was going to be odd for him.

Well, the basketball court was on top of the cruise ship, and, needless to say, was surrounded fairly well by a fence of netting. This was mostly true in all areas, except in one particular area just above the metal fence that held the gate in place to get in. There was about a foot of space between the fence and the net. He went for a jump-shot, the ball bounced off the backboard, bounced away, and went right in the space!

Thats not at all where it ends, the ball bounced a few times on each deck, and eventually landed in the dock. Needless to say, my step-dad is horrified. He ran down to the lowest deck to see if he could see the ball and couldnt find it. All of the sudden he hears a voice yelling at him. It was a man on another cruise ship! Litterally about a hundred yards from where my step-dad was standing!

The man kept shouting and pointing down to tell him that it went... well, down. Of course my step-dad is totally freaking out at this point. Worried that he couldve just taken someone out via basketball. There really wasnt much he could do, so he went to his cabin and contemplated on what might come of this incident. Fortunately though, nothing very eventfull happend to him and (praise God) he was not arrested for possibly killing someone.