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Search Continues For Man Who Jumped Off Celebration Cruise Ship

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — For a second day, U.S. Coast Guard crews scoured the waters off Florida's coast looking for a South Caroline man who reportedly jumped off a cruise ship.

The Bahamas Celebration was returning to its home port in Palm Beach County early Sunday James Miller, 20, jumped off the ship when it was about 27 miles east of Delray Beach.

The crew of the vessel owned by Celebration Cruise Line turned the liner around to search for Miller once he was reported missing at about 2 a.m. Sunday.

A Coast Guard cutter, two air crews and various small boats have been looking for the missing man. The FBI is also investigating his disappearance.

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