The U.S. Coast Guard announced late Friday night that they ended their search for a missing cruise ship passenger.
Jason Gregory Rappe, 42, of Washington state, has been missing from the cruise ship Eurodam since Thursday morning.
“Having to suspend a search and rescue case is never easy, the aggressive efforts by our rescue crews to saturate the search area day and night were accomplished with the hopes of finding Rappe,” said Capt. Drew Pearson, Sector San Juan commander. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this difficult time.”
The Coast Guard in Puerto Rico received notification from the cruise line at 5 a.m. Thursday notifying the missing passenger had possibly gone overboard. The cruise line reported the wife of the missing passenger alerted the crew of the Eurodam of her husband’s disappearance,
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