US Coast Guard Searches for Man Who Jumped From Cruise Ship

US Coast Guard Searches for Man Who Jumped From Cruise Ship
A Coast Guard cutter off the coast of Florida in a file photo. U.S. Coast Guard via AP
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who jumped overboard from a cruise ship early Saturday as it approached Florida.

The man jumped from the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Mardi Gras just after midnight about 55 miles east of Port Canaveral, according to the Coast Guard and Carnival.