Carnival Dream cruise ship passenger missing after going overboard near Galveston, Texas

UPDATE: The Coast Guard announced over the weekend that it has suspended the search, which covered more than 586 square miles over two days.

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A 26-year-old Carnival Dream cruise ship passenger is missing after going overboard Thursday night near Galveston, Texas.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for the male passenger about 47 miles off the coast. At the time he went overboard, the 3,600-passenger ship was on a four-day, round-trip cruise from Galveston to Cozumel, Mexico.

The Coast Guard released the Miami-based cruise company from the search overnight and the ship continued on its way to Cozumel, the company said.

“We are saddened by this outcome and the onboard CareTeam is assisting the guest’s family,” the company said in a statement.

In July, a Carnival Cruise Line employee from India went overboard from the Carnival Victory ship near Cuba and was never found.

This story was originally published October 25, 2019 at 1:36 PM.

Taylor Dolven

Miami Herald

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Taylor Dolven is a business journalist who has covered the tourism industry at the Miami Herald since 2018. Her reporting has uncovered environmental violations of cruise companies, the impact of vacation rentals on affordable housing supply, safety concerns among pilots at MIA’s largest cargo airline and the hotel industry’s efforts to delay a law meant to protect workers from sexual harassment.