Naples man found dead underneath cruise ship in Puerto Rico

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Local authorities join the U.S. Coast Guard on a search of a person who reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship just off Puerto Rico's north shore, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. According to Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad, the incident involved the Oasis of the Seas ship operated by Royal Caribbean International. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Local authorities join the U.S. Coast Guard on a search of a person who reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship just off Puerto Rico’s north shore, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. According to Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad, the incident involved the Oasis of the Seas ship operated by Royal Caribbean International. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Divers recovered the body of a Naples man under a cruise ship after he apparently fell from the ship while in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In a press release, the Puerto Rican police said this morning that, according to the information collected, a man launched himself from a balcony of his cabin on the ninth floor of the cruise.

The Oasis of The Seas is being held in port while police and the Coast Guard review surveillance and interview witnesses.

We will update you on this incident as more details are provided.

Associated Press contributed to this report.

Local authorities join the U.S. Coast Guard on the search of a person who reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship just off Puerto Rico's north shore, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Local authorities join the U.S. Coast Guard on the search of a person who reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship just off Puerto Rico’s north shore, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

A spokesperson for Royal Caribbean could not be immediately reached for comment.

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