Search Suspended For Man Who Vanished From Cruise Ship While Celebrating Dad’s 60th Birthday
The search for a 26-year-old man who disappeared while on a Carnival cruise with his family has been suspended, according to reports.
Kevin McGrath was reported missing shortly after it was discovered that he was not on the Carnival Conquest when it came time to disembark in Port of Miami, Florida on Monday.
The young man was on the three-day cruise with family to celebrate his father’s 60th birthday when he vanished.
The United States Coast Guard has confirmed that the search for Kevin has since been suspended.
Angel Rodriguez, a detective for the Miami-Dade Police Department, previously said the 26-year-old was last seen around 2 a.m. local time Monday morning.
The search for Kevin began after he failed to meet his family for breakfast that day before they disembarked, Rodriguez said.
Kevin’s father, Sean McGrath, said his son’s twin brother Andre thought he heard Kevin leave their room between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m.
Sean said he asked Andre where his brother was, and “he said he didn’t come back to the room.”
Kevin’s “SeaPass” card was not scanned during the departure process, according to his father. Sean said there’s no way his son could have left the ship without scanning the card, or having his important documents.
Additionally, Sean said he was told that the ship has sensors to alert the crew if someone goes overboard, but that “nothing was alerted.”
“The entire family is devastated, knowing that we had to get off the ship and leave someone unaccounted for,” he added.
The Coast Guard said that its Miami Command Center was alerted to the incident at about 11 a.m. on Monday.
Coast Guard crews searched nearly 3300-square nautical miles of water for Kevin before the search was suspended, they added.
On Thursday, a spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line said they were continuing the investigation, which included “multiple reviews of closed circuit video footage,” according to USA Today.
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