Search suspended for missing Carnival Cruise passenger Kevin McGrath

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• World News
• ‘My brother didn't just vanish': Family frustrated after Carnival Cruise passenger disappears
• Kevin McGrath ‘vanished’ from Carnival cruise, was reportedly on parole for assault
• Cruise News Recap: Carnival Tampering, Dining Changes, Evacuation
• Family searches for answers after father of 2 in Clarksville disappears from cruise ship
• Kevin McGrath has been missing since Monday. Carnival officials said he wasn't seen in surveillance footage.

Miami-Dade police eventually cleared the Carnival Conquest to set sail again. The ship is currently located in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean on its way to the Bahamas, cruise tracking data shows. McGrath was supposed to meet his family for breakfast ahead of the ship's return to port but he never arrived for the meal, authorities said. The cruise line said the police have cleared Carnival Conquest to sail, and the Carnival Care Team is supporting the family. The overboard detection system on the ship never went off, and there is no other evidence that Kevin McGrath went overboard, according to Miami-Dade police.

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Coast Guard suspends search for Carnival Cruise passenger who vanished - NBC 6 South Florida

Coast Guard suspends search for Carnival Cruise passenger who vanished.

Posted: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

A spokesperson for Carnival did not respond to an e-mail this week. “Family members aboard the ship as well as other travelers were carefully interviewed,” Rodriguez stated. Fox News Digital also spoke with a representative from Carnival Cruise Line who said the U.S. Coast Guard also performed a helicopter search for the missing man.

A Carnival cruise passenger is missing. Cameras don’t show him going overboard, cops say - Miami Herald

A Carnival cruise passenger is missing. Cameras don’t show him going overboard, cops say.

Posted: Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

‘My brother didn't just vanish': Family frustrated after Carnival Cruise passenger disappears

“Yea that’s insane they should’ve definitely alerted everyone…in scared of cruises i haven’t never nothing good at them,” a top comment read. He wasn’t seen past 2 a.m., he never showed up to meet his family for breakfast. Sean McGrath, the father of missing guest Kevin McGrath, is desperate for answers about his son’s disappearance.

Kevin McGrath ‘vanished’ from Carnival cruise, was reportedly on parole for assault

A cruise passenger questions how Carnival Cruise Line handled communication regarding missing guest Kevin McGrath. Carnival crew conducted an "extensive" search on board the ship but failed to find McGrath. McGrath was not detected by any of the ship's surveillance systems, including security cameras and US Customs and Border Patrol during the debarkation process.

"The crew was notified by his traveling companion late in the afternoon about his missing status after he had not been seen all day," Carnival told PEOPLE in a statement on July 24 in regard to 30-year-old Jaylen Hill. Kevin McGrath, 26, was aboard a Carnival Cruise from PortMiami to Bimini, Bahamas, over the Labor Day holiday weekend. However, when the Carnival Conquest returned to the United States on Monday, he was not on the ship.

McGrath was with a big group of relatives on the three-day cruise to celebrate his father’s 60th birthday, his sister Danielle McGrath told USA Today. "Someone knows something,” Kevin’s sister, Danielle McGrath, told WTVJ. “Someone’s seen something. I just want my brother home. My family wants my brother home. Just please, we need him home." The search for Kevin began after he failed to meet his family for breakfast that day before they disembarked, Rodriguez said. Kevin McGrath was reported missing shortly after it was discovered that he was not on the Carnival Conquest when it came time to disembark in PortMiami on Monday. That was around the time guests were leaving the ship, the cruise line said.

McGrath said later Monday morning — as the cruise was ending and passengers were disembarking — the family gathered for breakfast, but Kevin never showed up. A man has been missing for over two days after disappearing from a docked Carnival cruise ship in Miami, officials and the cruise line said. "The guest was not detected by surveillance systems, including U.S. Customs and Border Patrol during the debarkation process," the company said. Miami-Dade police issued a missing person's alert Tuesday morning for McGrath, who was last seen in a black shirt, shorts and gray sneakers. Police said he "may be in need of services" and asked anyone with information to contact authorities.

Carnival cruise passenger reported missing after ship returns to port in Miami

A recent video posted by a guest who sailed on the Carnival Conquest has raised questions about how Carnival Cruise Line dealt with the disappearance of a fellow passenger. The video has garnered significant attention, amassing over 653,000 views on TikTok. Sean McGrath has said about 43 friends and family members were on the three-day cruise to the Bahamas aboard the Carnival Conquest as part of his 60th birthday celebration.

After his loved ones were unable to determine his whereabouts, a search was conducted by ship staff and security but their efforts were unsuccessful. Ship staff and security searched the ship but were unsuccessful, a spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Police Department told USA TODAY. McGrath’s disappearance comes just one week after a young college student fell overboard off the world’s largest cruise ship, the Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas. Carnival Cruises is continuing its investigation into McGrath’s disappearance and has been repeatedly reviewing closed-circuit video footage from the ship, a spokesperson told The Post Thursday.

"Did he fall somewhere and he’s screaming for help and no one hears him? Did he fall down an elevator shaft? I just don't know,” she said. “It's just anything." Kevin’s “SeaPass” card was not scanned during the departure process, according to his father. Sean said there’s no way his son could have left the ship without scanning the card, or having his important documents.

According to a missing persons poster released by the Miami-Dade Police Department, 26-year-old Kevin McGrath was last seen on board the Carnival cruise ship Conquest early Monday morning. McGrath was reported missing by a family member, Carnival said in a statement to CBS News. The Miami-Dade police stated that the ship’s overboard detection system never went off, giving them no evidence that McGrath went overboard. A search by ship staff and security has been unsuccessful as well as the U.S. Coast Guard’s helicopter search of 3,300 square nautical miles.

A passenger who went missing from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico has been rescued after more than 15 hours in the sea, the US Coast Guard has said. Kevin was reported missing on a Monday, and the Coast Guard’s search for him was suspended a few days later that same Thursday, USA Today reported. In a viral TikTok video, a Carnival cruise passenger called out the company for their lack of transparency and action after a passenger disappeared on a shover Labor Day weekend. The search team surveyed the waters via boats and helicopter for more than 80 hours combined but saw no sign of him. Cruise Hive was established back in 2008 and among the earliest blogs in the industry. Since the start, it's been our aim to provide the latest cruise news covering all the major cruise lines.

“We had a passenger died on an excursion in Jamaica & carnival didn’t say anything we heard from other passengers,” a person said. Several people said that they’ve been on cruises where other incidents have occurred, and it wasn’t communicated to passengers until much later or not at all. She adds that her friends have been in contact with the family, and they told her that when they post the missing person poster on the Carnival Facebook page, it gets pulled down. In the meantime, Carnival Cruise Line’s care team assists McGrath’s family and keeps them updated on the search efforts, while we at Cruise Hive wish them all the best during this difficult time. Lyles also highlighted the need for more proactive communication from Carnival Cruise Line. Despite receiving an email survey asking her to rate her cruise experience, Lyles received no correspondence alerting her about the missing guest.

"Everyone has different relationships with the person but me, how I know my brother, how I last spoke to him, his energy, his spirit. This is definitely not like him." The US Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for a Carnival Cruise passenger who mysteriously vanished from the ship during a family vacation to celebrate his father’s 60th birthday. Coast Guard crews searched nearly 3300-square nautical miles of water for Kevin before the search was suspended, they added.