Carnival cruise passenger vanishes after ship docks in Florida

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• Carnival passenger goes overboard during Caribbean cruise, Coast Guard suspends search
• Riley Strain’s parents slam his frat brothers for continuing to party after he went missing: ‘Appalling’
• A Carnival cruise passenger went overboard, and his mother says she found out from a cousin, not the company
• Family of missing cruise passenger denies he jumped, claims video shows him slipping over edge
• Carnival Guests Advised About Transatlantic Embarkation From Norfolk
• Carnival Cruise Surveillance Video Confirms Missing Passenger Jumped Overboard
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The family also took safety precautions to keep track of Brad, such as by having him wear an air tag, but the air tag’s range is minimal and it’s unknown if he is still wearing the device. The couple’s adult daughter, Savannah Miller, has also joined in the search and has been working to keep her dad’s name in the press by posting updates on her social media accounts. She hopes that her posts will help spread awareness to bring him home safely. Rescue teams are now shifting strategies in their search for the 66-year-old passenger, who suffers from a form of dementia and may be confused in his unfamiliar surroundings. U.S. Customs and Border Control told Carnival Kevin McGrath was not detected during the debarkation process, NBC Miami reported. McGrath was supposed to meet his family for breakfast ahead of the ship's return to port but he never arrived for the meal, authorities said.

Carnival passenger goes overboard during Caribbean cruise, Coast Guard suspends search

Carnival crew conducted an "extensive" search on board the ship but failed to find McGrath. McGrath was not detected by any of the ship's surveillance systems, including security cameras and US Customs and Border Patrol during the debarkation process. He was reported missing at approximately 7 a.m on Monday, a spokesperson with the cruise line told Insider.

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"The Coast Guard is searching an approximately 200-mile area for an unaccounted-for 28-year-old man from the Carnival Glory cruise ship," the Coast Guard wrote in a Tuesday morning post on X, formerly Twitter. While earlier reports indicated there was no video showing Barnett going overboard, security crews changed his profile after they were informed of the possibility that he was wearing a different shirt. The Coast Guard confirmed that its crews are "actively searching near the Port of Miami and along the South Florida shore" after the missing person's report Monday.

A Carnival cruise passenger went overboard, and his mother says she found out from a cousin, not the company

Police said he was last seen in his cabin aboard the ship at around 2 a.m. Carnival said that McGrath was "last seen in his cabin at approximately 7 a.m. according to his cabinmate." Miami-Dade Police issued a missing person’s alert Tuesday, saying McGrath was last seen in a black shirt, shorts and gray sneakers at around 2 a.m. The cruise line said the police have cleared Carnival Conquest to sail, and the Carnival Care Team is supporting the family. His disappearance "is so random, out of nowhere," Danielle McGrath, Kevin McGrath's sister, told USA TODAY. "Everyone has different relationships with the person but me, how I know my brother, how I last spoke to him, his energy, his spirit. This is definitely not like him."

Police said he "may be in need of services" and asked anyone with information to contact authorities. Monday in his cabin as the Carnival Conquest reported back to the Port of Miami, Carnival said in a statement Tuesday. He was reported missing by his family and "was not located on board despite an extensive search."

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He cannot show or process emotions like a healthy person would,” Miller posted on Facebook on April 7. Miller asked that if anyone does spot her father, they trail him from a distance and call local authorities to report the sighting. Initially, the family suspected that their father and husband has been staying hydrated and using the bathrooms at local churches, but they weren’t sure if he had access to food. The cruise line said they were in contact with McGrath's family through their Carnival Care Team. The Coast Guard dispatched the 87-foot cutter Tarpon from St. Petersburg, a Hercules aircraft based out of Clearwater, and a Miami-based Ocean Sentry aircraft to search for Hill. After being unable to locate McGrath, the cruise company contacted the Coast Guard and Miami police.

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The Coast Guard has been informed of the video and has been able to narrow its search effort, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jose Hernandez said. The missing man’s sister, Destiny Barnett, told NBC News that she and 13 other relatives were also on the cruise. Barnett’s mother Elisha Reid told Business Insider that her daughter was previously informed that there was no footage of what happened. Get a brief on the top business stories of the week, plus CEO interviews, market updates, tech and money news that matters to you.

Carnival Cruise Surveillance Video Confirms Missing Passenger Jumped Overboard

Instead, Brad went missing shortly after arriving in Cozumel and the search began. As Cozumel is only about 30 miles long and 10 miles wide (the whole island can be driven in an hour or less), it’s entirely possible Brad may have made his way to another part of the Mexican island. The new theory is that a kind citizen may be caring for him in the ejido areas of the jungle, which is a communally owned agricultural sector. “He has a generally calm or apathetic attitude, and will probably refuse help if offered. This affect, along with his quick walking pace, makes him seem confident or focused, like he knows where he is going and is walking with conviction.

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The family of a missing Louisiana dad who officials said was filmed jumping off a Carnival cruise ship say they’ve now also seen the footage — and are convinced he slipped over the edge in a tragic accident. While the chances of falling off a cruise ship are extremely low, at least nine other people have gone overboard this year, as BI previously reported. A missing 28-year-old cruise passenger on the Carnival Glory is believed to have gone overboard on Monday, and the Coast Guard is searching the waters near New Orleans to find him. So far, crews have searched more than 200 miles of water for the missing passenger, according to the agency. The Coast Guard also broadcast a message to mariners in the Gulf notifying them of the missing passenger. Coast Guard officials say stormy weather Monday night in the search area forced them to pause the active search efforts but say search efforts will resume once weather conditions improve.

After the man was reported missing, the ship’s security team immediately began searching the vessel, Lupoli said in an earlier statement. The ship was on its way from New Orleans to Montego Bay, Jamaica at the time as part of a week-long Western Caribbean cruise that began Sunday, according to CruiseMapper. It was only on Tuesday that the ship's security team was informed the missing passenger might have been wearing a different shirt, which allowed crew members to search video from the ship more accurately, the spokesperson said. The cruise ship’s care team is supporting his family who were traveling with him and are still on board, a spokesperson told The Post.

Florida officials launched a large-scale investigation after a cruise passenger mysteriously disappeared shortly before the ship returned to Port of Miami on Monday. A spokesperson with the US Coast Guard told Insider that air and surface crews are still actively searching for McGrath near Port Miami and along the South Florida shore. The missing person's report came right as passengers were beginning to disembark in PortMiami following the the four-day Bahamas venture, the cruise line said. In a post on X, the Coast Guard said search efforts were paused Monday night because of dangerous weather conditions, including rough seas and strong winds. It said it would launch more search assets as soon as conditions allowed. Security footage from the Carnival Glory “shows the man jumping off the cruise ship,” according to a Tuesday night update from the Coast Guard.

Meanwhile, Carnival Cruise Line said its Care Team “is supporting the missing guest's family on board” the ship, which "arrived today to Montego Bay, Jamaica as planned." “He can be seen climbing on a lifeboat and jumping from there,” the spokesperson said. And on Memorial Day, a man went overboard from the Carnival Magic cruise ship into the Atlantic Ocean, about 186 miles east of Jacksonville.

According to the cruise line’s website, the 952-foot-long Carnival Glory can hold up to 2,980 passengers and 1,150 crew members. "We have informed the U.S. Coast Guard and are providing assistance to the guest’s family that was traveling with him," they added. Barnett's sister, Destiny Barnett, who was also on the ship, told NBC News, "It makes you feel crazy to be stuck on a ship where everyone else is having a good time. It was supposed to be a vacation, but for us, it's hell." The Coast Guard says the man went missing sometime soon after the ship set sail from the Port of New Orleans on Sunday. They are providing assistance to the guest’s family that was traveling with him who are still on board. McGrath was with a big group of relatives on the three-day cruise to celebrate his father’s 60th birthday, his sister Danielle McGrath told USA Today.

The U.S. Coast Guard searched 3,300 square nautical miles with helicopters, but nothing showed up. The overboard detection system on the ship never went off, and there is no other evidence that Kevin McGrath went overboard, according to Miami-Dade police. Miami-Dade police eventually cleared the Carnival Conquest to set sail again. The ship is currently located in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean on its way to the Bahamas, cruise tracking data shows. “It makes you feel crazy to be stuck on a ship where everyone else is having a good time. It was supposed to be a vacation, but for us, it’s hell,” she told the outlet.

The Coast Guard said the passenger was 28-year-old Tyler Barnett from Houma, Louisiana. Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi told USA TODAY that Carnival reported the guest was last seen around midnight on Monday. The time between someone going overboard and the cruise ship launching a search-and-rescue mission can often be the difference between life and death.

Since he hasn’t been seen on camera since Wednesday afternoon, it’s possible that he is being cared for by local, more rural Cozumel citizen in ejido areas of the jungle. I know that not a single person on this island would have mal intent upon approaching him,” Miller wrote in her latest Facebook post on Thursday, April 11. A man has been missing for over two days after disappearing from a docked Carnival cruise ship in Miami, officials and the cruise line said. “The guest was not detected by surveillance systems, including US Customs and Border Patrol during the debarkation process,” the spokesperson added. Ship staff and security searched the ship but were unsuccessful, a spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Police Department told USA TODAY.