Coast Guard Ends Search for Cruise Passenger Who Carnival Says Jumped

Table Of Content

• Royal Caribbean cruise ship passenger missing after going overboard on trip to the Bahamas
• Levion Parker jumped from the cruise ship last week
• Heartbreaking video shows cruise ship passenger swimming, fishing with friends week before fatal jump
• Man Who Disappeared from Carnival Cruise Ship 'Jumped' Overboard, Officials Say
• Coast Guard searching for man who jumped from cruise ship in front of his family
• Holland America crewmember missing after going overboard before vessel docks at Port Everglades
• Trump’s week in court goes beyond hush-money fight

The Mardi Gras and the cruise ship Elation also participated in the search, said Coast Guard spokesman David Micallef. 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." So far, crews have searched more than 200 miles of water for the missing passenger, according to the agency. Last month, a 23-year-old man who felt seasick fell overboard from the MSC Euribia cruise ship while crossing the North Sea in Europe and was presumed dead. "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. He said he, his girlfriend and other passengers rushed to the pool deck to provide “extra pairs of eyes” in the search-and-rescue effort.

Royal Caribbean cruise ship passenger missing after going overboard on trip to the Bahamas

Loved ones reportedly witnessed Parker jump off the 11th deck of the Liberty of the Seas cruise liner in what appeared to be an “impulsive leap,” the Post reported last week, citing a witness. "We have informed the U.S. Coast Guard and are providing assistance to the guest’s family that was traveling with him," they added. Security footage from the Carnival Glory “shows the man jumping off the cruise ship,” according to a Tuesday night update from the Coast Guard. The younger Parker allegedly jumped off the 18-story Liberty of the Seas around 4 a.m.

Levion Parker jumped from the cruise ship last week

“He can be seen climbing on a lifeboat and jumping from there,” the spokesperson said. Parker’s father owns an air conditioning company and the family was cruising on the boat as guests of a wholesale company, according to the New York Post. The Liberty of the Seas departed from South Florida and was 57 miles from Great Inagua in The Bahamas when the passenger went overboard.

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

The Liberty of the Seas cruise ship is the 35th largest in the world, the Coast Guard said. Social media accounts for Parker showed that he was an outdoorsman who’d won a fishing tournament just weeks prior to his fatal leap. Posts showed he played football for North Port High School, in southwest Florida, and graduated from there in 2022, reported the Daily Mail.

Moments later, he said Parker leaped into the sea without a trace from an area that housed whirlpools and hot tubs. The Coast Guard has since narrowed its search area roughly 30 miles southwest of the Southwest Pass. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

After Sims had used the restroom and dried off, he bumped into the brothers and their father near the elevators. I believe he is alive,” Francel Parker said to the local Florida paper Wednesday. Francel Parker, dad of missing Levion Parker, told the Daily Sun that he believes his child — whom he called a master diver — is still alive in the waters off the Bahamas. Sims hung out with Parker and his brother, Seth, 18, in the hot tub in the early hours of April before going their separate ways around 4 a.m. He also played football for North Port High School before he graduated in 2022, according to the Daily Mail. The release of his identity comes shortly after the Coast Guard called off its search for Parker.

year-old man missing after jumping off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, report says

He went on to explain that his son is a skilled diver who works on fishing boats. But Francel explained that he wasn’t actually arguing with his son and that there’s no way his son was trying to take his own life. The young man is believed to have ‘jumped off’ Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas in front of his family, who were left looking on ‘helplessly’. She described her son as "full of life" and someone who loved old cars, gardening and cooking. Carnival did not respond to questions regarding which man overboard-detection technologies are in place on board the Carnival Elation ship. Witnesses said he appeared drunk and was fighting with his dad, according to reports.

Fellow passengers recalled how there had been ‘a lot of yelling’ as the crew were alerted to the ‘surreal’ incident. "The decision to suspend the active search efforts pending further development is never one we take lightly," Coast Guard District Seven search and rescue mission coordinator Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Hooper said in a statement. CBS Miami reported the Mardi Gras is the largest ship ever built for the cruise line. In a statement, Royal Caribbean said it immediately halted the ship and dispatched boats to search for Parker, but had no luck. The ship continued on its voyage back to Fort Lauderdale shortly after, leaving the search up to the Coast Guard. Deborah Morrison, another passenger, told the Daily Mail that crew were “alerted immediately” by the “yelling” that erupted on deck after Parker’s leap.

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In front of his helpless dad and younger brother after getting into an argument with his father, witnesses previously told The Post. Nearly 400 people have gone overboard on major cruise lines between 2000 and 2020, according to the Washington Post. Parker jumped off the 18-story Liberty of the Seas after reportedly getting into an argument with his father.

The 20-year-old passenger who jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise last week after an argument with his dad has been identified as a former high school football player and avid hunter living in Florida. BSO's Homicide and Crime Scene units have responded to Port Everglades to investigate, while the U.S. Coast has been notified and is currently searching the sea for the crew member. Parker, of North Port, Florida, jumped off the 11th deck of the Liberty of the Seas around 4 a.m. On April 4, plummeting 200 feet into the Atlantic in front of his helpless brother and father while heading to Cuba and the Bahamas’ Grand Inagua Island, Florida officials said.

Parker jumped off the 18-deck Liberty of the Seas, and Royal Caribbean said it “immediately” launched search boats to look for him with help from the U.S. "The ship's crew immediately launched a search and rescue effort alongside the US Coast Guard, who has taken over the search," the Royal Caribbean spokesperson said. Deborah Morrison, another passenger on board the cruise, told the Post that "there was a lot of yelling and that the crew was alerted immediately." FORT LAUDERDALE — A search is underway for a cruise ship crewmember who went overboard while the vessel was still at sea before docking in South Florida this weekend. Officials said the man jumped off the 18-story Liberty of the Seas cruise ship 57 miles from Great Inagua in front of his father and brother, according to United Press International.

Most of the 4,000 passengers aboard reportedly weren’t alerted to the incident until later that morning, when the ship’s captain made an announcement while many ate breakfast. He has been missing since he jumped overboard on April 4 in front of his brother and father on the cruise to Cuba and the Bahamas. “There was a lot of yelling, and the crew was alerted immediately,” Deborah Morrison told The Post. Royal Caribbean said it “immediately” launched search boats to look for him with help from the US Coast Guard.

In August, a Royal Caribbean passenger went overboard from the Wonder of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, while it was off the coast of Cuba during a voyage from Florida. “Out of privacy for the guest and their family, we have no additional details to share,” the statement added Monday. Another passenger told The Post that Francel had been ‘fussing at [Levion]’ before he jumped overboard. Ronnie Peale Jr., 35, went overboard from a Carnival Magic cruise ship traveling off the coast of Florida on Monday, the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard responded with two cutters and an airplane to search for the 43-year-old man.