Carnival cruise ship passenger falls overboard, found alive hours later

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• Cruise passenger who jumped to death from ship ID’d as Florida resident who argued with dad before leap
• Heartbreaking video shows cruise ship passenger swimming, fishing with friends week before fatal jump
• Authorities Identify Son Who Jumped Off Cruise Ship in Front of Family
• Father of cruise passenger, 20, who jumped overboard ship speaks out for first time since the incident
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Florida deputies did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation from The Daily Beast. CBS Miami reported the Mardi Gras is the largest ship ever built for the cruise line. After searching more than 5,171 square miles over the course of 60 hours, the Coast Guard said Wednesday night that it has suspended search efforts for Peale. So far, crews have searched more than 200 miles of water for the missing passenger, according to the agency.

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At least 406 people on major cruise lines and ferries have gone overboard between 2000 and 2024, according to data collected by retired professor and cruise industry researcher Ross Klein. The Coast Guard confirmed to The Post it is still conducting a search and rescue operation in the waters off Cuba. A cruise turned into a nightmare for people aboard Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas when a young man jumped overboard shortly after 4 a.m.

Cruise passenger who jumped to death from ship ID’d as Florida resident who argued with dad before leap

“He realistically could have been in the water for 15-plus hours before we were able to successfully rescue him,” Gross said. Peale, from New Hope, Virginia, was on his first cruise and was celebrating Blosser's birthday with her family, Linda Peale said. The Carnival Elation vessel had just wrapped up a four-day trip to the Bahamas, which ended in Jacksonville Monday morning. The cruise operator said it alerted authorities about the incident and was advised to proceed to its final stop in Jacksonville. The Coast Guard has since narrowed its search area roughly 30 miles southwest of the Southwest Pass.

Heartbreaking video shows cruise ship passenger swimming, fishing with friends week before fatal jump

The father of the 20-year-old passenger who jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship last Thursday in a reportedly drunken, impulsive leap believes his son is still alive nearly a week later. “The ship’s crew immediately launched a search and rescue effort alongside the U.S. Coast Guard, who has taken over the search,” a spokesman for Royal Caribbean said in a statement. “The ship’s crew immediately launched a search and rescue effort alongside the US Coast Guard, who has taken over the search,” the statement reads. A Carnival cruise ship passenger fell overboard into the Gulf of Mexico and was found alive against all odds on Thanksgiving Day — more than 15 hours after vanishing, officials said Friday.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who jumped overboard from a cruise ship early Saturday as it approached Florida. Deborah Morrison, another passenger on board the cruise, told the Post that "there was a lot of yelling and that the crew was alerted immediately." The US Coast Guard has called off the search for the 20-year-old who is said to have jumped overboard from a cruise ship. “There was a lot of yelling, and the crew was alerted immediately,” another passenger,  Deborah Morrison, told The Post. The MSC Armonia was making a transatlantic voyage between Spain and Brazil when the man jumped, according to the cruise line.

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Bryan Sims, a passenger who claimed he saw the incident unfold, told the paper he’d been hanging out with Parker and his brother in the hot tub. Reports have stated he ‘jumped off’ Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas in front of his family. "The Carnival Care Team is supporting the guest's family. Mardi Gras," said Carnival spokesman Matt Lupoli. The man jumped from the Carnival Cruise Line ship Mardi Gras just after midnight about 55 miles east of Port Canaveral, according to the Coast Guard and Carnival. The man jumped from the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Mardi Gras just after midnight about 55 miles (89 kilometers) east of Port Canaveral, according to the Coast Guard and Carnival.

Officials said the ship was 57 miles from Great Inagua when the man jumped over the side of the ship, according to United Press International. Sims told the Post that Parker “appeared drunk,” and he spotted him arguing with his dad over the supposed drinking. Moments later, he said Parker leaped into the sea without a trace from an area that housed whirlpools and hot tubs.

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In a statement, Royal Caribbean said it immediately halted the ship and dispatched boats to search for Parker, but had no luck. The ship continued on its voyage back to Fort Lauderdale shortly after, leaving the search up to the Coast Guard. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office identified Parker on Wednesday, the New York Post and Daily Mail reported, just a day after the Coast Guard officially called off their search for the previously unidentified man.

Witnesses said he appeared drunk and was fighting with his dad, according to reports. "Our policies strictly prohibit guests under the age of 21 from being served alcohol onboard." He went on to explain that his son is a skilled diver who works on fishing boats. But Francel explained that he wasn’t actually arguing with his son and that there’s no way his son was trying to take his own life. She described her son as "full of life" and someone who loved old cars, gardening and cooking. Carnival did not respond to questions regarding which man overboard-detection technologies are in place on board the Carnival Elation ship.

Royal Caribbean said it “immediately” launched search boats to look for the 20-year-old and alerted the Coast Guard, which later took over the search. “The early morning was definitely somber as so many people came out of their cabins to stare at the sea, hoping to be able to aid in finding the person,” said Amy Phelps Fouse, a passenger on the ship. He has been missing since he jumped overboard on April 4 in front of his brother and father on the cruise to Cuba and the Bahamas. “As we were walking from the hot tub back to the elevators, his dad and brother were walking towards us.

Last month, a 30-year-old MSC crew member fell from a ship near Puerto Rico. According to reports, he allegedly jumped off an 18-story Liberty of the Seas boat around 4am in front of his younger brother and dad after getting into an argument with his father. The missing 28-year-old man, who hasn’t been identified, was with his sister at the Carnival Valor’s bar at 11 p.m. Wednesday when he took a bathroom break and never came back, the outlet reported. The Coast Guard is continuing to search for the missing passenger, who has yet to be identified.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Virginia man who fell from a cruise ship balcony earlier this week. Under the 2010 Cruise Vessel Security and Safety law, cruise ships must have 42-inch guard rails and man-overboard imaging or detection systems. However, not all cruise ships have implemented recently developed automatic man-overboard-detection technology, which uses thermal cameras and radars to immediately alert crew members when a person goes overboard. A Royal Caribbean spokesperson told Business Insider that the cruise line's "Care Team is providing support and assistance to the guest's family during this difficult time."

The US Coast Guard has stopped its search for a 30-year-old male passenger who went overboard from the Carnival Elation cruise ship on Sunday. “There was a lot of yelling, and the crew was alerted immediately,” Deborah Morrison told The Post. Royal Caribbean said it “immediately” launched search boats to look for him with help from the US Coast Guard. His dad was fussing at him for being drunk, I guess,” Sims said of the moment before Parker jumped. According to the Washington Post, about 386 people were reported to have gone overboard on the major cruise lines between 2000 to 2020.