26-Year-Old Reported Missing After Cruise Ship Returns to Florida

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• Heartbreaking video shows cruise ship passenger swimming, fishing with friends week before fatal jump
• Family Desperate for Answers After Passenger Mysteriously Vanishes From Carnival Cruise Ship
• Florida man last seen on Carnival Conquest cruise ship vanishes
• Year-Old Reported Missing After Cruise Ship Returns to Florida: 'He Never Arrived'

It follows another missing person report from July, when 30-year-old Jaylen Hill disappeared while aboard a carnival cruise ship in Florida. Carnival Cruises is continuing its investigation into McGrath’s disappearance and has been repeatedly reviewing closed-circuit video footage from the ship, a spokesperson told The Post Thursday. Rodriguez stated missing persons detectives examined surveillance footage from the ship, searched the ship and went to Port St. Lucie to meet with McGrath’s family and got DNA samples. A spokesperson for Carnival on Monday declined to respond to detailed questions about how the ship’s staff searched for Kevin McGrath and referred to a statement released after he was reported missing.

Heartbreaking video shows cruise ship passenger swimming, fishing with friends week before fatal jump

U.S. Coast Guard Captain Jo-Ann Burdian, speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in Miami Beach, Fla., details the search for dozens of missing people from a boat that capsized after leaving the Bahamas. "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. The family first noticed McGrath was missing after he failed to show up for breakfast Monday morning, his sister said.

Kevin McGrath 'vanished' from Carnival cruise, was reportedly on parole for assault - New York Post

Kevin McGrath 'vanished' from Carnival cruise, was reportedly on parole for assault.

Posted: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

Family Desperate for Answers After Passenger Mysteriously Vanishes From Carnival Cruise Ship

“A search of the ship’s cameras and security devices did not indicate he went overboard,” a police spokesperson told The Post. On Monday, a Carnival Cruise Line spokesperson told The Post. The Coast Guard initially assisted the Miami-Dade Police Department and Florida wildlife officials with a search in the water after being notified McGrath was missing on Monday at about 11 a.m., a Coast Guard spokesperson told CNN. Miami-Dade police investigators are searching for a cruise passenger who was last seen aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship on Labor Day, authorities in Florida and the passenger's sister said.

Florida man last seen on Carnival Conquest cruise ship vanishes

Coast Guard crews were searching 3,300 square nautical miles off the coast of Florida for Kevin McGrath, 26, who was reported missing by his family after he failed to show up to breakfast on the ship Monday morning. 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. Coast Guard’s helicopter search of 3,300 square nautical miles.

Search yields nothing

The cruise line said the police have cleared Carnival Conquest to sail, and the Carnival Care Team is supporting the family. U.S. Customs and Border Control told Carnival Kevin McGrath was not detected during the debarkation process, NBC Miami reported. "From what I was told, he had an amazing time. He was in good spirits everyone said," his sister told CNN.

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There’s no way that my brother would just vanish into thin air like this. Today is day four and we know nothing about his whereabouts. “Family members aboard the ship as well as other travelers were carefully interviewed,” Rodriguez stated. Danielle McGrath, of Fort Pierce, who was not on the ship, said Kevin was last seen by his twin brother Andre at around 2 a.m.

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

The cruise ship’s cameras and overboard detection system, however, showed no indication that McGrath went overboard during the cruise from Miami to the Bahamas, Miami-Dade police said. The survivor was aboard a boat with 40 passengers that departed from Bimini, a small island in the Bahamas roughly 55 miles east of Miami. According to the Coast Guard, passengers reportedly encountered severe weather shortly after leaving Bimini, which caused their vessel to capsize. The Coast Guard said the survivor told them no one on board was wearing a life jacket. But the ship’s cameras and overboard detection system showed no indication that he went overboard and his disappearance has been shrouded in mystery ever since the Coast Guard called off its search.

Year-Old Reported Missing After Cruise Ship Returns to Florida: 'He Never Arrived'

"My whole family is taking it terribly. We're just sick to our stomach." McGrath, who's an Army veteran and a father of two, was recorded on cellphone video enjoying the live music on the ship. A spokesperson for Carnival did not respond to an e-mail this week. Cell phone footage last shows him dancing to live music on Sunday night. “At this point, I can't really say because it was verified that he did not go overboard, and he did not get off the ship via the (pass) being scanned,” Sean McGrath said.

US Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Cruise Ship Passenger

'I'm sick to my stomach': Coast Guard suspends search for vanished cruise passenger - USA TODAY

'I'm sick to my stomach': Coast Guard suspends search for vanished cruise passenger.

Posted: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

"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." Officials said they learned about the incident on Tuesday morning after a good Samaritan rescued a man clinging to a capsized 25-foot vessel about 45 miles east of Florida's Fort Pierce Inlet. Crews hope to locate more people after debris fields were spotted from an aircraft, U.S. Coast Capt. Jo-Ann Burdian, the Sector Miami commander, told reporters Wednesday.

Danielle McGrath, who was not on the ship, said her brother and family were on the cruise to celebrate their father's 60th birthday. McGrath, who’s an Army veteran and a father of two, was recorded on cell phone video enjoying the live music on the ship. Danielle McGrath, who was not on the ship, said her brother and family were on the cruise to celebrate their father’s 60th birthday. On Sept. 4, and searched 3,300 square nautical miles with helicopters but found nothing, according to Petty Officer Ryan Estrada, in Miami.

Hill had been traveling on the Carnival Elation as it made its way back to its homeport of Jacksonville after a four-day trip to the Bahamas. Fox News Digital also spoke with a representative from Carnival Cruise Line who said the U.S. Coast Guard also performed a helicopter search for the missing man.

"I haven’t eaten all day. I haven’t had a sip of anything all day. My eyes hurt from crying up and down. I’m sick to my stomach."

Coast has been notified and is currently searching the sea for the crew member. "When he didn’t show up to breakfast it was alarming, so they (McGrath's family members) went to look for him. After they couldn't find him, they approached the ship’s staff for help," she said. The Carnival Conquest cruise ship sits docked in Miami in October 2021. U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Carnival that Kevin McGrath was not detected during the debarkation process, NBC Miami reported. Cruise ships have safeguards to prevent passengers from going overboard, and are required by the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 to have rails that are "located not less than 42 inches above the cabin deck." McGrath was with a big group of relatives during the three-day cruise, his sister Danielle McGrath previously told USA Today.

“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 wasn’t seen past 2 a.m., he never showed up to meet his family for breakfast. She said the Port St. Lucie community where she and her brother are from has been offering "a lot of love" to the family.