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Coast Guard suspend search for man from cruise

Posted at 2:28 PM, Mar 06, 2016
and last updated 2016-03-07 08:00:26-05

MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. 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.

In a statement Sunday night, the Coast Guard announced it had suspended the search.

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.

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