Singaporean missing after falling off ship in US waters; search efforts suspended after 15 hours

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Singaporean missing after falling off ship in US waters; search efforts suspended after 15 hours
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SINGAPORE: A 15-hour search for a Singaporean man who fell from a ship into US waters was suspended on Wednesday night (Jun 21). Mr Muhammad Furqan Mohamed Rashid was reported missing on Tuesday night after he fell overboard a bulk carrier vessel 22km off the coast of Point Conception, California, acc

SINGAPORE: A 15-hour search for a Singaporean man who fell from a ship into US waters was suspended on Wednesday night .

Mr Furqan, aged 25, was taking part in a qualification exercise to become a junior deck officer and was"filled with hope and excitement", wrote his friend Muhammad Fariz on Facebook early Wednesday morning. "The search and rescue efforts are in full swing, but the vastness of the ocean has made the task arduous and complex."

The US Coast Guard suspended search and rescue efforts on Wednesday, according to Californian news outlet KSBY.

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