By: Tina Hodges
On Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard searched for a South Carolina man who reportedly jumped from the Bahamas Celebration cruise ship. They searched the waters between South Florida and the Bahamas, but were unsuccessful in finding James Miller, 30.
Guard spokeswoman Sabrina Laberdesque said the man apparently went overboard early-on Sunday in waters about 27 miles (43 kilometers) east of Florida’s Delray Beach.
Miller was reported missing from the cruise ship around 2 a.m. as the vessel was making its way to port in Florida from Grand Bahama island.
After hearing about the missing passenger the Bahamas Celebration crew made a u-turn to search for the missing man.
“There were witnesses,” Celebration spokesman Glenn Ryerson said Sunday night. “We did our search on the water, in the approximate area where he went overboard.”
The Coast Guards search included a ship from the Lake Worth inlet station, an 87-foot patrol boat, a patrol plane, and a rescue helicopter.
The cruise ship docked in West Palm Beach at 9 a.m. Sunday, and left for Freeport, Bahamas at 6:30 p.m., an official said.
“We are very disappointed that something like this occurred,” Ryerson stated during a brief phone interview.
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