Mexican authorities are searching for a 39-year-old man who was seen jumping off a Carnival cruise ship near Cozumel.
Carnival officials said the man reportedly jumped off the Conquest ship Friday night.
"I was walking up from deck 8 to 9 to get a soda, and I could hear this awful screaming from one of the passengers on my floor," said Jonathan Wang of Sugarland. "She just yelled overboard! A boy's overboard! And there was tons of confusion."
The ship returned to the location where the man was last seen and began searching for him.
"The boat made a series of maneuvers and we immediately saw a few other boats in the area, smaller boats that we could only assume were helping in the search" said Wang.
According to a statement from the cruise line, Mexican authorities searched the ship and then allowed it to continue on its scheduled trip.
The Conquest sails from Galveston every Sunday on seven-day cruises. It had already stopped in Grand Cayman and Jamaica. Cozumel was its final stop.
The ship returned to its home port of Galveston, Texas, on Sunday after a seven-day cruise.
Cruise officials said they are working with the man's family to provide support.
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