GULF OF MEXICO. (THECOUNT) — The U.S. Coast Guard is current searching the Gulf of Mexico for a 26-year-old man who apparently fell from cruise ship, Carnival Dream. The ship departed Port of Galveston at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
The United States Coast Guard says, the cruise ship was 47 miles southeast of Galveston when the crew reported a passenger had fallen overboard. The USCG was called at 8:45 p.m. Thursday.
The Coast Guard says it is launching aircraft to the area to search for the victim, reports WFAA.
The Carnival Dream was built in 2009 and can carry up to 3,646 passengers. The ship was sailing from Galveston, TX to Cozumel, Mexico on the first day of a four-day voyage.
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