Overboard Passenger Found Clinging To A Buoy

46-year-old Larry Miller told the Coast Guard he went overboard from the Carnival Inspiration early Monday morning while it was returning to the Port of Tampa.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: June 15, 2009

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A man found clinging to a buoy after
falling from a cruise ship in St. Petersburg has been rescued.
According to the Coast Guard, 46-year-old Larry Miller told them
he went overboard from the Carnival Inspiration early Monday
morning while it was returning to the Port of Tampa. He was found a
few hours later clinging to a buoy near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge
in the St. Petersburg area.
He was transported to Bayfront Medical Center with minor
injuries.
The Coast Guard is investigating, but a spokesman says it was
not clear how Miller went overboard. There was no report of a
missing person from the cruise ship.

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