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Teen plunges to death off cruise ship returning to Miami

A 15-year-old boy reportedly plunged to his death off a cruise ship that was returning to Miami last We𒁏dnesday – p♉rompting a chilling series of “man overboard” announcements.

The teen fell from the MSC Seashore at abꦏout 7:30 p.m. in what the company was an apparent suicide.

The cru༒ise ship was at the tail end of a five-day journey in the Caribb𒉰ean.

A passenger on the vessel captured the moment the “man overboard” announc🍎ement was made through the ship’s loudspeaker system after three horn blasts.

“Oh my God, oh my God,” the distraওught woman saꦿys in the footage that was .

“It’s awf꧑ul. Can we stop, ca✨n we please stop,” she continues.

A passenger fell to his death on board an MSC cruise liner. AFP via Getty Images
Blogger @AustinHamaway posted about the incident on social media. TikTok / @austinhamawy
Scenes of the cruise ship during the announcement that a teen boy fell overboard. TikTok / @austinhamawy

It wasn’t immediately clear if the teen’🎐s body was recovered.

Miami-Dade police responded to Port Miami on Thursday to in𝓡vestigate. A spokesman tol💃d Fox News that “no foul is suspected.”

“The guy that jumped off ended up not making it,” travel blogger @AustinHamaway said in a video. TikTok / @austinhamawy
Footage filmed by passenger @AustinHamaway. TikTok / @austinhamawy

“All of us at MSC Cruises are heartbroken,” the company said in their statement. “The family remains in our thoughts and prayers.”