A 69-year-old cruise ship passenger has been lost overboard at Glacier Bay National Park/Kurt Repanshek file
Editor's note: An update to this story can be found at this page: Man Overboard For 9 Hours Before Being Reported Missing At Glacier Bay National Park
A 69-year-old passenger of a Holland America cruise ship has been lost overboard at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
In a brief news release, the park said Saturday night that it had suspended its search for the man, who was reported missing from Westerdam on Friday. The individual was reported missing at 3:50 p.m. when he did not appear for a medical appointment on board, a park release said.
The Park Service was notified 7:30 Friday evening after a ship-wide search confirmed that the passenger was absent.
Searches for the unidentified passenger were conducted both from Park Service boats and from the air, supported by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The release did not say where along the 65-mile Glacier Bay the man was reported missing, and park staff could not immediately be reached Sunday morning.
This file photo of the Holland America Westerdam was released by the National Park Service.
Comments
They aren't "falling"
Holland America didn't lose him.the fact that he had a medical appointment while he was on board and with his age he have may have decided to commit suicide in one of the most beautiful places on earth to be at peace with whatever he may have been suffering from. not a bad place to go but still not the right way to do it and cause love ones more pain .
I thought those ships had sonar for immediate notifications FFS or immediate response if someone falls into the water
I'm sorry, but there are a whole hell of a lot of uninformed people unwisely speaking out of emotion, ignorance, of simple a bad W.A.G.
No one is served by mouth being opened with brain not engaged. I would hate to be family of the lost gentleman with strangers guessing about the 'motives' of their lost loved one, or of Captain/crew, with the guilt of coulda/shoulda/maybe.
CeCe not trying to be rude but U haven't got a clue what it takes to do a search & rescue at sea. Captain followed protocol & maritime rules/regs.
I have been on many cruises and you just do not 8innocently fall off?
So if those two boats which could carry,let's say for conversation sake 25 people each, were needed during a more serious emergency while looking for one lost person of unknown fate were not available.....then 50 people would be without means of survival and you are ok with the math on this how?
A man's life, and you are serious vouching for the damn captain? Wth is wrong with people, THECAPTTHE , THE EMERGENCY CREW, LAND AND MORE SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE!!!!!