MIAMI – The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing cruise ship passenger seen falling overboard Monday morning near the Bahamas.
A Coast Guard news release said Kevin Wellons, 24, was seen going overboard from the 11th deck of the Carnival Elation on the cruise ship's closed-circuit security system.
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The ship, which originated from Jacksonville, was en route to its first port of call in Nassau, Bahamas, when the man fell overboard about 15 miles southwest of Abaco, Bahamas.
A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Clearwater and a Coast Guard airplane crew from Miami were dispatched to search for the man.
Crews searched more than 1,381 square miles for more than nine hours as they searched for Wellons.