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• Holland America crewmember missing after going overboard before vessel docks at Port Everglades
• Authorities Identify Son Who Jumped Off Cruise Ship in Front of Family
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• Man jumps from Carnival Cruise Line ship 55 miles off Florida coast

Authorities say the man who recently disappeared from a Carnival cruise ship appeared to have jumped overboard. A 20-year-old man who was vacationing with his family on a cruise may have jumped overboard, The New York Post reported. Heartbreaking video shows 20-year-old Levion Parker happily swimming in the ocean and fishing with his pals just a week before he drunkenly jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship and was never seen again. After a man jumped off a cruise ship into the Bahama Ocean, his father has said he believes he is still alive in the sea.

Holland America crewmember missing after going overboard before vessel docks at Port Everglades

The missing man was aboard Royal Caribbean’s “8 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day Holiday Cruise,” which left from Baltimore on Friday, passengers told the Post and Courier. 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. One of the ship’s passengers, Bryan Sims, explained how he’d been hanging out with the 20-year-old and his brother in the hot tub until about 3.30pm. Witnesses said the man’s father and brother watched as he jumped, seemingly on a spur of the moment decision, over the side, according to The New York Post. Lupoli said the Coast Guard released the ship from the search efforts and it continued to Port Canaveral.

Authorities Identify Son Who Jumped Off Cruise Ship in Front of Family

Father of 20-year-old man who 'jumped off' cruise ship in front of family believes he's still alive - UNILAD

Father of 20-year-old man who 'jumped off' cruise ship in front of family believes he's still alive.

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On Facebook, Mason said she and her family are in need of prayers as they await answers. “We are holding on to hope and prayer that he will be found safe,” she wrote. The agency has officially identified the missing man as Tyler Barnett of Houma, Louisiana. Parker, who was home-schooled, played football for North Port High School during the 2021 season, according to North Port H.S. The release of his identity came shortly after the Coast Guard called off its search for Parker.

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"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. Sims told the Post that Parker “appeared drunk,” and he spotted him arguing with his dad over the supposed drinking.

“As we were walking from the hot tub back to the elevators, his dad and brother were walking towards us. The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Virginia man who fell from a cruise ship balcony earlier this week. "Sadly, after an exhaustive on-board search and a review of security camera video it was determined that he jumped," Lupoli said. "Shoreside authorities were notified, and the crew was advised to continue to Jacksonville. The Carnival Care Team is providing support to the guest's family and our thoughts are with them and the guest." 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.

His dad was fussing at him for being drunk, I guess,” Sims said of the moment before Parker jumped. “As we were walking from the hot tub back to the elevators, his dad and brother were walking towards us,” passenger Bryan Sims told the Post. A young man on holiday with his family reportedly leaped from their cruise ship into dark waters while his family watched helplessly.

“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 and crew immediately reported the incident to local authorities and launched a search and rescue mission,” a company rep told The Post in an email. The man’s father claimed to have thrown over six life rings in the hopes of saving his son before the giant ship could come to a stop 20 minutes later where the Royal Caribbean launched search boats.

The 915-foot-long ship, which has a total capacity of 2,000 guests and 700 crew members, made its first voyage in 1988, according to the Royal Caribbean website. Francel Parker is demanding to know how his underage son was given alcohol on the four-day cruise. 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. 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. Peale, from New Hope, Virginia, was on his first cruise and was celebrating Blosser's birthday with her family, Linda Peale said.

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. 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.

Sims told the Post that after leaving the hot tub, they encountered the passenger's father while approaching the elevators. He said Levion is a skilled diver who works on a commercial fishing boat, and he is demanding to know how his underage son was given alcohol on the four-day cruise to Cuba and the Bahamas’ Grand Inagua Island. The US Coast Guard called off its search for the North Port man a day earlier. As many cases are often deadly, many cruise lines have installed surveillance cameras and employed additional safety measures to help reduce risk. It is hard to imagine what could have possibly led to the unnamed man leaping from the 15-deck ship. The cruise set sail from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Monday and is set to return on Friday, according to CruiseMapper.

On average, 19 people go overboard on cruise ships every year — and of those, only about four are rescued, according to a 2020 study commissioned by the industry trade group Cruise Lines International Association. The boy’s stunned father, Francel Parker, told The Daily Sun he threw six life rings off the ship in hopes of saving his son before the massive vessel was able to come to a stop about 20 minutes later. The United States Coast Guard has called off the search for a 20-year-old man who jumped overboard on a Royal Caribbean cruise as family members stood by, stunned. 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.

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." 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. But on Monday morning, the agency announced it had suspended the search after scouring more than 1,625 square miles for eight hours, WCBD reported.