Between 2009 and 2019, there were 212 overboard incidents reported around the world involving passengers and crew, according to statistics compiled for Cruise Lines International Association Out of those 212 incidents, only 48 people were rescued. Today we're covering a few similar incidents.

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• Vanished at Sea: Baffling Cruise Ship Missing Persons Cases - ABC News (go.com)
• 9 Eerie Cruise Ship Disappearances That Left Authorities Baffled (allthatsinteresting.com)
• Son recounts story of his parents disappearance during a cruise (seattlepi.com)
• Hue Pham And Hue Tran - International Cruise Victims
• Merrian Carver - International Cruise Victims
• Merrian Lynn Carver – The Charley Project
• Unsolved Mysteries: Whatever happened to Merrian Carver? - J.H. Moncrieff (jhmoncrieff.com)
• Cruise Ship Killers | Season 1 | Episode 9 | Merrian | John Barnard | J.H. Moncrieff - YouTube
• Canadian Authorities Discover Remains Of Suspected Cruise Ship Disappearance Victim - LM&W, PA (lipcon.com)
• Coast Guard suspends search for Carnival passenger who vanished (usatoday.com)
• Miami-Dade Police are searching for missing Carnival Cruise passenger | CNN
• https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/29/missing-carnival-cruise-passenger-probation-ran-away-kevin-mcgrath/?adid=social-fb&fbclid=IwAR3flX8Eifcass952xEVraVQkt8JRtsSgni5tBy1jNFYE_mc7myPWelOUjM_aem_Aea2Jav8d4JNsQHrWnt1ciT8VhjDJdvkEKcTEfbHRuKnrbTljFbrIP8crkFYQ91xKkQ
• Search suspended for missing Carnival Cruise passenger Kevin McGrath (nypost.com)
• https://cruising.org/-/media/research-updates/report_operational_incidents_2019-v-1