Cruise ship passenger dies in fall
A passenger aboard a Virgin Voyages cruise ship died after falling from a balcony Sunday after the ship had department Miami.
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A passenger aboard a Virgin Voyages cruise ship died after falling from a balcony Sunday after the ship had department Miami.
The cruise ship company, Virgin Voyages, said the guest fell from their balcony onto one of the lower decks after "a medical emergency."
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The MSC Meraviglia was about 18 miles off the of Port Canaveral, Florida, when the incident occurred.
The 28-year-old from Lafayette, Alabama, was with 18 relatives on a Carnival cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, when somehow he ended up overboard after a day of fun.
"We didn't know if we should get our gear ready for abandoning ship," one passenger told a local TV station.
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The Coast Guard responded with two cutters and an airplane to search for the 43-year-old man.
It's not yet clear why the man, identified by the Coast Guard as Tang Tran, went overboard.