February 29th, 2012, it has been reported through several venues that a 47 year old Canadian woman went missing after Celebration Cruise Lines left Freeport, Bahamas to return to Palm Beach, FL.
The woman was last seen this past Tuesday Evening after her boyfriend stated that he had seen her in front of the gift shop around 8pm; he was then headed to the casino. At 1am, he felt tired and returned to the cabin to sleep. Upon waking, not seeing his girlfriend, he thought she might be at breakfast. He walked to find her, but never located her and reported it to the officials of the ship.
The ship was searched twice with no trace of the woman. Crew members knew she was on board from Freeport as the passenger identification cards have to be swept when leaving or returning to the vessel.
According to ABC, Charles Kinnear, President of the Celebration Cruise Line, has stated that the have given authorities all necessary information of the ships whereabouts from the Bahamas to Florida and is still hoping that by some chance, she was able to sneak off the ship and is okay.
Coast Guard has since Thursday called off their search as search and rescue covered 7,300 square miles of territory between Freeport, Bahamas to the Port of Palm Beach. The search had covered 84 hours of man power. Air search was also conducted in hopes to find the woman.
The woman was last seen this past Tuesday Evening after her boyfriend stated that he had seen her in front of the gift shop around 8pm; he was then headed to the casino. At 1am, he felt tired and returned to the cabin to sleep. Upon waking, not seeing his girlfriend, he thought she might be at breakfast. He walked to find her, but never located her and reported it to the officials of the ship.
The ship was searched twice with no trace of the woman. Crew members knew she was on board from Freeport as the passenger identification cards have to be swept when leaving or returning to the vessel.
According to ABC, Charles Kinnear, President of the Celebration Cruise Line, has stated that the have given authorities all necessary information of the ships whereabouts from the Bahamas to Florida and is still hoping that by some chance, she was able to sneak off the ship and is okay.
Coast Guard has since Thursday called off their search as search and rescue covered 7,300 square miles of territory between Freeport, Bahamas to the Port of Palm Beach. The search had covered 84 hours of man power. Air search was also conducted in hopes to find the woman.
The Coast Guard has called off its search for a woman believed to have gone overboard on a Bahamas cruise.
Search and rescue crews trolled the waters between Freeport, Bahamas, and the Port of Palm Beach in Florida for about 84 hours, covering an area of nearly 7,300 square miles. They also did air searches to try and spot the woman from above.
They ended their search Thursday night.
Source: abcnews.go.com and heraldtribune.com
