COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH Man fell from cruise ship

Posted on 03/08/2016 | About Monroe, Florida

The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Texas man who fell from a cruise ship near Florida's Key Largo.  Coast Guard officials say 46-year-old David Mossman fell from the 10th deck of Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas ship late Friday. The fall was a distance of about 100 feet.

Chris Eddy, search-and-rescue technical specialist at the Coast Guard 7th District, says the decision was made with “great care and deliberation.”A helicopter and plane were used in the search, which the Coast Guard says covered 2,583 square nautical miles.