Father of Florida cruise passenger Levion Parker, who jumped off Royal Caribbean ship, believes he's alive

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• MORE: Search suspended for 4 people missing after Alaskan charter boat sinks: Coast Guard
• Gaetz attended 2017 party, woman's statement says
• US Coast Guard searches for man who jumped from cruise ship
• Pilot explains what happens during turbulence and why passengers shouldn’t be afraid
• Coast Guard suspends search for man who jumped from cruise ship in front of stunned family
• The Royal Caribbean have provided a statement following the devastating incident
• Man jumps from Carnival Cruise Line ship 55 miles off Florida coast

Florida deputies did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation from The Daily Beast. CBS Miami reported the Mardi Gras is the largest ship ever built for the cruise line. After searching more than 5,171 square miles over the course of 60 hours, the Coast Guard said Wednesday night that it has suspended search efforts for Peale. So far, crews have searched more than 200 miles of water for the missing passenger, according to the agency.

MORE: Search suspended for 4 people missing after Alaskan charter boat sinks: Coast Guard

After a man jumped off a cruise ship into the Bahama Ocean, his father has said he believes he is still alive in the sea. The passenger — who was showing signs of hypothermia, shock and dehydration — told rescuers he wasn’t sure how he’d fallen overboard but confirmed he’d been on the cruise ship. "We offer our most sincere condolences to Mr. Peale's family and friends." "Sadly, after an exhaustive on-board search and a review of security camera video it was determined that he jumped," Lupoli said. "Shoreside authorities were notified, and the crew was advised to continue to Jacksonville. The Carnival Care Team is providing support to the guest's family and our thoughts are with them and the guest."

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Witnesses said he appeared drunk and was fighting with his dad, according to reports. "Our policies strictly prohibit guests under the age of 21 from being served alcohol onboard." He went on to explain that his son is a skilled diver who works on fishing boats. But Francel explained that he wasn’t actually arguing with his son and that there’s no way his son was trying to take his own life. She described her son as "full of life" and someone who loved old cars, gardening and cooking. Carnival did not respond to questions regarding which man overboard-detection technologies are in place on board the Carnival Elation ship.

US Coast Guard searches for man who jumped from cruise ship

One of the ship’s passengers, Bryan Sims, explained how he’d been hanging out with the 20-year-old and his brother in the hot tub until about 3.30pm. In the past few years, most cruise lines have enacted onboard safety measures and surveillance systems to help reduce the risk of overboard deaths. The 18-story ship was sailing between Cuba and the Bahamas’ Grand Inagua Island when the as-yet-unidentified man jumped off one of the decks.

At least 406 people on major cruise lines and ferries have gone overboard between 2000 and 2024, according to data collected by retired professor and cruise industry researcher Ross Klein. The Coast Guard confirmed to The Post it is still conducting a search and rescue operation in the waters off Cuba. A cruise turned into a nightmare for people aboard Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas when a young man jumped overboard shortly after 4 a.m.

Coast Guard suspends search for man who jumped from cruise ship in front of stunned family

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Virginia man who fell from a cruise ship balcony earlier this week. Under the 2010 Cruise Vessel Security and Safety law, cruise ships must have 42-inch guard rails and man-overboard imaging or detection systems. However, not all cruise ships have implemented recently developed automatic man-overboard-detection technology, which uses thermal cameras and radars to immediately alert crew members when a person goes overboard. A Royal Caribbean spokesperson told Business Insider that the cruise line's "Care Team is providing support and assistance to the guest's family during this difficult time."

Coast Guard suspends search for man who went overboard on cruise ship - NBC News

Coast Guard suspends search for man who went overboard on cruise ship.

Posted: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 08:00:00 GMT [source]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who jumped overboard from a cruise ship early Saturday as it approached Florida. Deborah Morrison, another passenger on board the cruise, told the Post that "there was a lot of yelling and that the crew was alerted immediately." The US Coast Guard has called off the search for the 20-year-old who is said to have jumped overboard from a cruise ship. “There was a lot of yelling, and the crew was alerted immediately,” another passenger,  Deborah Morrison, told The Post. The MSC Armonia was making a transatlantic voyage between Spain and Brazil when the man jumped, according to the cruise line.

Per the outlet, the ship's security reviewed surveillance footage and found that the man went overboard at about 5 a.m. Parker jumped off the 18-deck Liberty of the Seas, and Royal Caribbean said it “immediately” launched search boats to look for him with help from the U.S. The man’s father claimed to have thrown over six life rings in the hopes of saving his son before the giant ship could come to a stop 20 minutes later where the Royal Caribbean launched search boats.

After Sims had used the restroom and dried off, he bumped into the brothers and their father near the elevators. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org. Sims hung out with Parker and his brother, Seth, 18, in the hot tub in the early hours of April before going their separate ways around 4 a.m. He also played football for North Port High School before he graduated in 2022, according to the Daily Mail. The release of his identity comes shortly after the Coast Guard called off its search for Parker.

Lupoli said the Coast Guard released the ship from the search efforts and it continued to Port Canaveral. The Coast Guard responded with two cutters and an airplane to search for the 43-year-old man. The Mardi Gras and the cruise ship Elation also participated in the search, said Coast Guard spokesman David Micallef. “I think it kind of blows the norm, the normalcy, out of the water here, and really just shows the will to live is something that you need to account for in every search-and-rescue case,” he told CNN.

Bryan Sims told The Post that he was hanging out with Levion and his 18-year-old brother, Seth, in the hotel tub of the ship in the early hours of April 4 before they went their separate ways. But Francel, who runs an AC business in Port Charlotte, told the local newspaper that he wasn’t arguing with Levion and that his son wasn’t trying to take his own life. I believe he is alive,” Francel Parker said to the local Florida paper Wednesday. In a statement to The Post, Royal Caribbean said its crew immediately sprang into action following the incident. Parker’s father owns an air conditioning company and the family was cruising on the boat as guests of a wholesale company, according to the New York Post. Witnesses said the man’s father and brother watched as he jumped, seemingly on a spur of the moment decision, over the side, according to The New York Post.

In front of his helpless dad and younger brother after getting into an argument with his father, witnesses previously told The Post. Francel Parker, dad of missing Levion Parker, told the Daily Sun that he believes his child — whom he called a master diver — is still alive in the waters off the Bahamas. Parker jumped off the 18-story Liberty of the Seas after reportedly getting into an argument with his father.