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Flickr/ MGN An autopsy shows a man who died after falling on a cruise ship in October had been drinking and plummeted 45 feet (13 meters) down a stairwell. The Palm Beach County Medical Examiner released its autopsy report for 29-year-old Christopher McGrory on Thursday. McGrory was airlifted to a West Palm Beach hospital from the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line’s Grand Classica on Oct. 21. The Palm Beach Post reports a nurse told investigators McGrory had been “drinking heavily” when he attempted to jump up a stair but lost his balance and fell backward. The autopsy showed his blood alcohol level was 0.256, about three times Florida’s legal limit for declaring a driver impaired. Brian McGrory of Palm City said his son had been celebrating his bachelor party on the cruise from Palm Beach to the Bahamas. ___ Information from: The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, http://www.pbpost.com (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)