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Search Underway for 20-Year-Old Man Who Jumped from Cruise Ship

The U.S. Coast Guard is leading a search operation for a young man who leaped overboard near the Bahamas, witnessed by his family.

  • A 20-year-old man jumped off the Liberty of the Seas cruise ship, operated by Royal Caribbean, early Thursday morning.
  • The incident occurred while the ship was sailing between Cuba and the Bahamas, approximately 57 miles off Great Inagua.
  • Witnesses, including the man's father and brother, described the act as impulsive. The man was reported to have been intoxicated.
  • The U.S. Coast Guard, alongside the ship's crew, immediately launched a search and rescue operation.
  • Royal Caribbean is providing support to the man's family during this difficult time, while the search for the man continues.
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