The U.S. Coast Guard is searching more than 1,100 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico by air and at sea for a missing cruise ship passenger. The as-yet unidentified man might have gone overboard from Carnival Victory when the ship was approximately 38 miles off the Mexican coast while approaching Cozumel. As reported by First Coast News, the man's wife reported him missing Tuesday evening. Oddly, no one had apparently seen the man since the wee hours of Tuesday morning before arriving in Cozumel, yet no one seemed to miss him until the ship was heading back to sea after having been berthed from 8am to 6pm in the Mexican port.
Carnival Victory is presently on a 7-day Western Caribbean cruise that departed Miami last Sunday.
UPDATE: Sadly the missing passenger had not been found when the Coast Guard suspended the search, which ultimately covered over 1,500 square miles.
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