Coast Guard rescues man who went overboard on Carnival cruise ship - ABC News

A 28-year-old antheral who went overboard portion connected a Carnival cruise vessel successful the Gulf of Mexico was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard astir 20 hours aft helium was reported missing.

The guest, according to a typical with Carnival Cruise Line, was astatine a barroom with his sister connected the Carnival Valor and near to usage the bath astatine astir 11 p.m. Wednesday night. He ne'er returned and his sister reported him missing the pursuing day. The Coast Guard received the telephone astatine astir 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

Carnival unit searched the vessel Thursday but were unsuccessful, aboriginal deciding to retrace the ship's way to find the missing guest.

In this March 3, 2022 record photograph The Carnival Valor cruise vessel sets sail from the Port of New Orleans successful New Orleans.

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The U.S. Coast Guard assisted the Carnival unit with hunt and rescue and told ABC News they recovered the antheral successful the h2o soon aft 8 p.m. Thursday. He was rescued astir 20 hours since helium was past seen.

The antheral was reported to beryllium successful unchangeable condition, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday.

"The Jayhawk aircrew hoisted the antheral onto the chopper and transferred him to awaiting exigency aesculapian services astatine the New Orleans Lakefront Airport," a connection from the Coast Guard read.

The vessel was connected its mode to Cozumel, a Mexican land successful the Caribbean, and was released by the Coast Guard to proceed to its destination.

“We are beyond grateful that this lawsuit ended with a affirmative outcome," said Lt. Seth Gross, a Sector New Orleans hunt and rescue ngo coordinator. "It took a full squad effort from Coast Guard watchstanders, effect crews, and our nonrecreational maritime partners operating successful the Gulf of Mexico to find the missing idiosyncratic and get him to safety. If not for the alert unit aboard the centrifugal vas Crinis, this lawsuit could person had a overmuch much hard ending.”