Man Overboard from Carnival Conquest

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that late yesterday a man went overboard on the Carnival Conquest near the end of a seven day western Caribbean cruise.

A passenger on the Carnival Conquest reported seeing the 42-year-old man fall from a balcony about 11 p.m. The luxury liner was about 110 miles nautical miles southeast of Sabine at the time, Coast Guard officials said.

"The ship's command immediately initiated search-and-rescue procedures and notified (the) U.S. Coast Guard,'' Carnival Cruise Lines officials said in a statement.

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