The US Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for a Carnival Cruise passenger who mysteriously disappeared from the ship during a family vacation to celebrate her father’s 60th birthday.
Coast Guard crews are searching 3,300 square nautical miles off the coast of Florida for Kevin McGrath, 26, who was reported missing by his family after he failed to show up for breakfast on board Monday morning.
Search teams scoured the waters by boat and helicopter for more than 80 hours combined but saw no sign of McGrath and decided to suspend the mission Thursday, a Coast Guard spokeswoman told Fox News.
The cruise ship’s cameras and marine tracking systems, however, showed no indication that McGrath went overboard during the voyage from Miami to the Bahamas, Miami-Dade police said.
An “extensive search” of the cruise ship ended after the ship docked in Miami on Monday morning turned out to be empty for the missing man and he was not detected by surveillance systems, including US Customs and Border Patrol, during the debarkation process.
McGrath was last seen on a cruise ship by her brother around 2 a.m. Miami-Dade Police
McGrath was with a large group of relatives on a three-day cruise to celebrate her father’s 60th birthday, her sister Danielle McGrath told USA Today.
He was last seen by his brother Andre at about 2 a.m. Monday and his key card was used to enter his room around 3:30 a.m., according to the outlet.
The family met for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. but Kevin McGrath did not show up.
He was still missing when all passengers disembarked, and his family reported him missing, the publication reported.
“[His disappearance is] so random, out of nowhere,” Danielle told USA TODAY. “Everyone has a different relationship with that person but me, how I know my brother, the last way I spoke to him, his energy, his spirit. This is definitely not like him.”
The cruise ship’s tracking system never went off and there was no evidence that McGrath went overboard. Universal Image Group via Getty Images
He said he had played out all the possible scenarios in his mind.
“Did he fall down somewhere and he screamed for help and no one heard him? Did he fall down the elevator shaft?” he told the outlet. “I do not know. It’s just anything.”
Carnival Cruises is continuing its investigation into McGrath’s disappearance and has repeatedly reviewed closed-circuit video footage from the ship, a spokeswoman told The Post Thursday.
McGrath was reported missing Monday morning after he failed to meet family members for breakfast. Miami-Dade Police
As the investigation drags on for more days, his family has been left reeling.
“I didn’t eat all day. I haven’t inhaled anything all day,” Danielle said. “My eyes hurt from crying up and down. I have a stomachache.”
McGrath’s disappearance comes just a week after a young college student fell overboard from the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas.
Sigmund Ropich, 19, fell into the ocean off the coast of Cuba while on vacation with friends and has yet to be found.
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