Doug alerted me to this...LET'S HOPE he (the lost husband, not Doug) just found another woman and hid away with her!

Coast Guard suspends search for passenger who disappeared from cruise ship
By Associated Press, 11/26/2004 20:29

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) A 54-year-old passenger vanished as a ship returned from a five-day cruise to the Bahamas, and a daylong ocean search turned up no sign of him Friday.

Glenn Sheridan, from Williamsburg, Va., was reported missing by his wife Thursday, after the Carnival Cruise Line ship Celebration docked in Jacksonville.

The ship's electronic exit and entry program showed he had not left the vessel after the arrival, and a crew search of the boat came up empty, Carnival said.

Gloria Sheridan said she had last seen her husband about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. She said he was an early riser and might have fallen overboard as early as 4 a.m., said Coast Guard Petty Officer Bobby Nash.

''I just don't know what happened,'' Gloria Sheridan said while waiting for news of her husband. ''It's a mystery.''

Nash said the ship then would have been about 13 miles off northeastern Florida. A boat and helicopter scoured 350 square miles of ocean and the St. Johns River.

The search was suspended Friday. The Jacksonville sheriff's office was investigating the missing person case, and the FBI office in the city said it was being kept informed of the progress of that investigation.

Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen said it was rare for a passenger to be reported missing, but he couldn't say exactly how often it has happened. Carnival carries about 3 million passengers a year, he said.

The Celebration, which can carry nearly 1,500 passengers, sailed back to the Bahamas with a fresh load of passengers later Thursday

My Lord! What a horrible situation! I really hope that man is found and in good condition to boot. Thanks for the info. (Yet another in a long list of negatives associated in some way or another with Carnival ;) (ooo, I'm evil <img border="0" alt="[naughty]" title="" src="graemlins/naughty.gif" /> )
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Ash

How scary. What's equally weird is that as I read this it also came on the news and they are interviewing his wife. I can also see how you could be walking on deck and falling or being blown off the ship. She saw him at 2AM and he was missing at 4AM. How suspicious is that?

That is the plot of "Skinny Dip," Carl Hiaasen's new mystery. Way too similiar! The wife was missing....after her husband "helped" her over the side. Hmmm

It might have been a suicide.

A real "who dunnit" for sure!

The same thing happened on the Cyrstal Harmony last winter. One of the crew did away with himself and when it found that he was missing the search began. The Coast Guard took over the ship. As a result the ship missed one of the ports. Every once in awhile people disappear and some are never seen again. There was a case wear a girl went missing on a Caribbien cruise. No one ever figured out went happened to her. Pleas from the family went all the way to the White House. It was never found out if she went overboard or ran off with some guy. So it's a mystery, it's easy to go missing in the expanse of the sea and never be found.

Chip, what is AMG? Cute graphic.

AMG is a Mercedes car model. Which Suzie and I are proud owners.

i love his books. How's the new one? is it only out in hardcover?

It's a hoot, Arlene. I got it from the library so don't know if it's in paperback yet. Heard him interviewed on the Today show. Funny guy!

Tom is reading Skinny Dip right now so I refuse to walk on the deck at night with him! LOL! The story of the Carnival Passenger was a bit odd wasn't it. I hope all will end well.

I read this too and I am such a skeptic. Are they trying to to collect a settlement while he hides away in another cabin or jumps off near shore or ... I don't know. I always think there is more than is published.

MaggieSL,

Funny book waiting to read it! Saw some of his writing in a Men's health magazine.


JPar