Man Who Disappeared from Carnival Cruise Ship 'Jumped' Overboard

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• Coast Guard searches for man missing from Louisiana cruise ship
• Carnival cruise passenger vanishes after ship docks in Florida
• Carnival Cruise passenger, 26, reported missing after ship returns to Florida
• Dramatic video captures chopper pulling pregnant woman from Disney cruise ship
• Kevin McGrath ‘vanished’ from Carnival cruise, was reportedly on parole for assault
• Melissa McCarthy defends ‘wonderful’ pal Meghan Markle: She’s ‘incredibly threatening to some people’
• Search yields nothing

Mason said a granddaughter confirmed that Barnett climbed over the edge of the rail and jumped on the lifeboat, but walked on it for a few minutes before he appeared to slip and fall off. "I just want answers, and I'm holding out for hope," Barnett's grandmother Dirlean Tate Mason told NBC News in a story published on Tuesday. "We have informed the U.S. Coast Guard and are providing assistance to the guest’s family that was traveling with him," they added. The Coast Guard issued broadcasts notifying mariners in the Gulf of Mexico that a person may have fallen overboard, a spokesman said. Barnett's grandmother Dirlean Tate Mason, who is not on the cruise, is anxiously waiting for news. She said that Tyler Barnett works on the river barges in Louisiana and that she does not think he would try to take his own life.

Coast Guard searches for man missing from Louisiana cruise ship

McGrath received permission to move from Tennessee to Florida, where he was living with his parents, but his probation officers said he never got a green light to go on a cruise, the report said. The crew member was noted missing when the ship docked at Fort Lauderdale Saturday. The Liberty of the Seas departed from South Florida and was 57 miles from Great Inagua in The Bahamas when the passenger went overboard. On Sept. 4 and searched 3,300 square nautical miles with helicopters but found nothing, according to Petty Officer Ryan Estrada, in Miami. U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Carnival that Kevin McGrath was not detected during the debarkation process, NBC Miami reported.

Carnival cruise passenger vanishes after ship docks in Florida

Lyles also responded via email sharing that she was getting notifications from the Carnival app for things like events throughout the cruise stay and said the company should have used that system to alert passengers of the missing person. They’re not even going to alert the other passengers who might have seen something? 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. Miami-Dade Police Department identified the missing man as Kevin McGrath, 26. A spokesperson with the department told Insider that McGrath was last seen by his brother at approximately 2 a.m.

Carnival Cruise passenger, 26, reported missing after ship returns to Florida

Miami-Dade police issued a missing person's alert Tuesday morning for McGrath, who was last seen in a black shirt, shorts and gray sneakers. 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.

A Carnival spokesperson has told The Post that the ship’s care team has been supporting the family. The Coast Guard is searching for Tyler Barnett, who went missing Monday morning from the Carnival Glory, which is bound for Montego Bay, Jamaica. Barnett, of Houma, Louisiana, the father of twin girls, was reported missing that afternoon, and the Coast Guard sent two aircraft to search, following the ship’s track toward Jamaica, it said. Two hundred and 80 people, including two migrants not on the passenger list, managed to flee the ship on lifeboats shortly after the inferno erupted.

Kevin McGrath ‘vanished’ from Carnival cruise, was reportedly on parole for assault

The Coast Guard shared video footage of the rescue on Twitter, showing the moment the man was found and brought aboard an agency helicopter. The more specific location also means the Coast Guard has been able to launch an HC-130 plane and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, he said. The search is 30 miles southwest of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, the Coast Guard said. McGrath was with a big group of relatives during the three-day cruise, his sister Danielle McGrath previously told USA Today.

The cruise is also scheduled to stop at Grand Cayman Island and Cozumel, Mexico, before it returns to New Orleans on Sunday, according to its itinerary. "It makes you feel crazy to be stuck on a ship where everyone else is having a good time," Destiny Barnett said. Tyler Barnett's sister, Destiny Barnett, and 13 other relatives were also on the cruise. The Carnival Glory left Louisiana for Montego Bay and is due to arrive Wednesday, the cruise line said. 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.

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Between 2009 and 2019 there were reports of 212 people going overboard on a cruise ship, and only 48 of them were successfully rescued, according to a report compiled for Cruise Lines International Association by consulting firm G.P. The Miami-Dade police stated that the ship’s overboard detection system never went off, giving them no evidence that McGrath went overboard. A search by ship staff and security has been unsuccessful as well as the U.S.

Search yields nothing

The chances of falling overboard on a cruise ship are extremely low. Royal Caribbean confirmed that a passenger, whose identity has not been revealed, went overboard near The Bahamas at about 4 a.m. Citing the ongoing investigation, Zabeleta declined to say whether police officials have obtained or reviewed video Carnival cameras recorded aboard the Conquest. The ship’s overboard detection system never went off, and there is no other evidence that Kevin McGrath went overboard, according to the MDPD. “We had a passenger died on an excursion in Jamaica & carnival didn’t say anything we heard from other passengers,” a person said. 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.

McGrath’s disappearance comes just one week after a 19-year-old college student fell overboard on the world’s largest cruise ship, the Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas. The passenger, identified as Kevin McGrath, was aboard a Carnival Cruise from Miami to Bimini, Bahamas, over the Labor Day holiday weekend but was reported missing following an “extensive search” upon the vessel’s docking. The incident comes just one week after a 19-year-old college student went overboard the largest operational cruise ship in the world, the Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas. Authorities have conducted a lengthy search for the missing man, but he has yet to be found. He was reported missing at approximately 7 a.m on Monday, a spokesperson with the cruise line told Insider. The U.S. Coast Guard used a helicopter to search the "water in the general vicinity," the cruise line said, and Miami-Dade police officers boarded the ship to investigate and search.

The trucker’s first words were “tell me if I am alive”, according to local media reports. The sheriff's office homicide and crime scene units were dispatched to Port Everglades to investigate. The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting the search at sea for the crew member.

"All of us at Holland America Line are deeply saddened by this incident and our thoughts and prayers are with the team member's family at this difficult time," the cruise line shared in a statement with CBS News Miami. Several people said that they’ve been on cruises where other incidents have occurred, and it wasn’t communicated to passengers until much later or not at all. Kevin was reported missing on a Monday, and the Coast Guard’s search for him was suspended a few days later that same Thursday, USA Today reported. The 26-year-old was set to meet his family for breakfast ahead of the ship’s return, however, his family said that he never showed up for the meal, Miami-Dade Police told The Post. 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. 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."

Several U.S. Coast Guard boats from Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale also assisted in the 80-hour search, he said, along with officials from Miami-Dade Police, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Yea that’s insane they should’ve definitely alerted everyone…in scared of cruises i haven’t never nothing good at them,” a top comment read. “He appeared to be suffering from mild hypothermia, shock, dehydration, but his condition overall appeared stable,” Gross told WWL-TV, adding the man was taken for medical care. He “may be in need of services” and police have asked anyone with information to contact authorities.