US Coast Guard Searching For Woman Who Jumped Off Cruise Ship

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The US Coast Guard is searching for a woman who fell overboard from a Carnival cruise ship early Wednesday, according to a news release.

The woman was Rina Patel, 32, of Interlaken, New York, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

While witnesses said they saw her fall off the 11th deck of the Carnival Ecstasy at 2:30 a.m., the cruise ship company released a statement saying she was "witnessed jumping overboard."

She was wearing a white dress with a pink floral pattern, the Coast Guard said.

Coast Guard Air Station Miami has sent an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane and a cutter, the Gannet, to hunt for the woman. Another cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, and its crew were also diverted to help with the search. Cont.

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