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| Coast Guard Searching for missing cruise ship passenger |
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TAMPA, Fla. - The Coast Guard is searching for an 18-year-old cruise ship passenger who reportedly went overboard at about 9:45 p.m., Sunday, about 150 miles southwest of Tampa. The man was reported missing to the Coast Guard by the cruise ship Carnival Fantasy at about 10 p.m. Sunday. Search-and-rescue coordinators at the Seventh Coast Guard District in Miami immediately launched an HC-130 Hercules search plane crew and an HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., and the Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket, a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla., was diverted to the area to search for man. The man's name is being witheld due to next-of-kin notifications. The cruise ship departed New Orleans and was en-route to a port-of-call in Key West. |
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