A search for a man missing from a cruise ship has been called off on Friday, reports the Sun Sentinel.
Gregory Rappe, 42, of Olympia, Wash. was reported missing on Thursday when his wife could not find him. Later a baseball cap, confirmed by his wife to belong to Rappe was found on the deck of the ship.
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Gregory and his wife were taking a Caribbean cruise on the Holland America cruise ship Eurodam. They were traveling from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands to the Bahamas when he went missing, reports the Seattle Times.
The ship turned around to search for him, but they were not able to find him. The U.S. Coast Guard using a ship and a plane also searched. The search was centered about 85 miles northwest of Puerto Rico, said Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad. The U.S. Coast Guard believes that Rappe went overboard in that area.
The Holland America Line cruise ship Amsterdam sits at the Ft. Lauderdale pier after docking
The Holland America Line cruise ship Amsterdam sits at the Ft. Lauderdale pier after docking
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The ship is expected to arrive in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. today and the FBI is expected to come aboard.
Professor Ross Klein, a cruise line export has documented 197 over-boards from cruise ships since 2000.
Sarah Tessier Powell, 70, from Louisiana disappeared from the Holland America Line Veendam cruise ship in October 2012, as it sailed from Quebec City to Charlottetown. Halifax police speculated that Sara “may have walked off the ship without being checked by the cruise ship security,” CBC reported. Sarah was traveling alone and was last seen on-board Sunday, Oct. 30, and not present on Thursday morning, Sept. 4 in Halifax. She is still missing and no definite explanation for her disappearance has been established.
