Coast Guard searching for man who fell overboard from Carnival cruise ship near Florida

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According to CBS News, the man was "responsive but exhibiting hypothermic-like symptoms" when found, and he received emergency medical treatment at New Orleans Lakefront Airport. Lt Gross told CNN that the rescue mission, which saw an alert beamed out to all mariners in the Gulf of Mexico, spanning 200 miles, was "unlike anything I've been part of". "If not for the alert crew aboard the motor vessel Crinis, this case could have had a much more difficult ending." She alerted crew to his absence when he did not return to his room overnight. Richard Hoefle, a Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician for the New Orleans division, told local news stations that Grime "had about 30 seconds to a minute left" before he would have died in the water. He said he does not remember excusing himself or his plunge into the Gulf of Mexico — only regaining consciousness in the water "with no boat in sight," he said.

Passenger describes panic on cruise ship after a man fell overboard: 'I instantly felt sick to my stomach'

It still isn’t clear how Grimes ended up overboard, but the US Coast Guard appeared to suggest he may have breached the cruise ship’s safety barriers. The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Virginia man who fell from a cruise ship balcony earlier this week. The man told rescuers he wasn’t sure how he’d fallen overboard but confirmed he’d been on the cruise ship. Lieutenant Seth Gross, the search and rescue mission coordinator, said his team was "beyond grateful that this case ended with a positive outcome".

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Dramatic footage captured by the US Coast Guard shows the moment they rescued a cruise passenger who had been floating alone for over 15 hours in the Gulf of Mexico after he fell overboard. The passenger who fell off a cruise ship last week said he spent 20 hours in the water before he was rescued by the Coast Guard. A passenger who fell off a cruise ship late Wednesday night was rescued on Thursday evening. Grimes was aboard the five-day cruise with 18 of his family members for Thanksgiving. When he didn't return to his cabin that night, his sister reported him missing. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 20-year-old man who passengers claim jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that departed from South Florida.

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On April 4, Levion Parker, from North Port, Florida, jumped overboard from the 11th deck of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship after an argument with his dad. Strasburg said a Coast Guard cutter and helicopter were searching for the missing man and would continue to do so for as long as there is reasonable evidence to suggest survival. BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Coast Guard on Christmas Eve suspended its search for a 41-year-old man who fell off a ship belonging to a cruise line that departed from Baltimore.

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"The ship's crew immediately launched a search and rescue effort alongside the U.S. Coast Guard, who has taken over the search," Royal Caribbean said in a statement. "Our care team is providing support and assistance to the guest's family during this difficult time. For the privacy of the guest and their family, we have no additional details to share." "The ship and crew immediately reported the incident to local authorities and launched a search and rescue mission," the spokesperson said on Sunday. "Out of privacy for the guest and their family, we have no additional details to share." "We greatly appreciate the efforts of all, most especially the U.S. Coast Guard and the mariner who spotted the guest in the water," the Coast Guard said in a statement Thursday to ABC News. In what some officials were hailing as a “Thanksgiving miracle” a passenger was rescued from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening after falling overboard from a cruise ship, the US coast guard (USCG) announced.

I’d like to know how my son was served so much alcohol,” the elder Parker told the outlet. According to witnesses, Parker was confronted by his father about drinking early on April 4. Levion Parker told his father, “I’ll fix this right now,” a moment before he turned and jumped out of a window and overboard. Grimes was eventually spotted by a cargo ship, and dramatic video showed him being plucked from the ocean by the Coast Guard about 20 miles south of Louisiana’s Southwest Pass. They located him about 6 hours later in 70-degree water, rescuers told the local station KPLC TV. The sister didn’t report him missing to cruise officials until the following afternoon, forcing the cruise liner to retrace its path back to New Orleans.

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The 200-plus-mile search was made complicated by the time difference between when the passenger was last seen and when the Coast Guard was alerted. “We knew that communication with the mariners in the Gulf of Mexico was going to be critical, Gross said. The Carnival Magic is around 1,000 feet long and has a capacity of almost 3,700 passengers, in addition to around 1,300 crew members, according to the cruise company. "The ship was docked in the Dominican Republic that day, so we cannot speak to what guest did when he was off the ship," a source told the Daily Mail. The Liberty of the Seas was on a four-day cruise that departed from Port Everglades on Monday and returned Friday morning, according to cruise-tracking website CruiseMapper.

"I think it kind of blows the norm, the normalcy, out of the water here, and really just shows the will to live is something that you need to account for in every search-and-rescue case," he said. In February, a 32-year-old female passenger on the Valor fell into the water, about 150 miles off the coast of Louisiana. Grimes was on a cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, with 18 members of his family when he fell off the Valor last week, ABC News reported. James Grimes, 28, was pulled from the Gulf of Mexico last Thursday after falling off the Carnival ship Valor on the night before Thanksgiving. Carnival's Care Team is "providing support to the family members of the missing guest who were sailing with him and remain on board," Lupoli said. He never returned, prompting his sister to alert staff members the next day.

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Gripping video shows moment Coast Guard rescues man who had fallen off cruise ship

CNN reports that numerous announcements were made throughout the ship for the man to check in with guest service, but to no avail. It has been suggested that Levion had gotten drunk while the ship was docked in the Dominican Republic earlier that day, where the legal drinking age is 18. The Liberty of the Seas was returning to Fort Lauderdale following a four-day cruise when the incident occurred. Another passenger told the Post his family appeared "horrified" by what had happened. The spokesperson did not confirm or deny whether the passenger was presumed to be dead. AIDA Cruises said its thoughts were "with the family of the missing person and his colleagues".

Members of the rescue team can be heard speaking to each other, mostly inaudibly, over the radio. The passenger on board Carnival Valor went missing at around 2.30pm local time on Wednesday, and - in a Thanksgiving holiday miracle - was not hoisted out of the water until Thursday evening. The incident occurred as the cruise ship was on its way back to New Orleans following a five-day trip to Mexico, according to Carnival. Guests told CNN that they did not know at the time that a fellow passenger had gone overboard. He said he used his last bit of energy to swim to the vessel, which later contacted the Coast Guard for help. He admitted to having a few drinks prior to falling off the ship, but did not recall how many.

Matt Lupoli, a spokesperson for the cruise operator, told US media the 28-year-old man had disappeared during a bathroom break, having been at a bar with his sister. The missing passenger, who has not been identified, had been last seen on Wednesday night at approximately 11 p.m., according to CNN, as the ship sailed in the Gulf of Mexico from New Orleans, Louisiana, toward Cozumel, Mexico. The next morning, Grimes' sister reported him missing after she learned he had not returned to his cabin. “The decision to suspend the active search efforts pending further development is never one we take lightly. We offer our most sincere condolences to Mr. Peale’s family and friends," Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Hooper said in a statement.

He was found by a US Coast Guard helicopter about 20 miles off Southwest Pass, Louisiana, and was said to be in a stable condition despite the ordeal. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free weekly newsletter to get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday. A GoFundMe has been started by Grimes' sister Sherry Boleen to help cover his medical bills. Grimes told ABC News he'd stripped off his clothes but waved his socks at rescuers when he saw them approaching.