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(VIDEO) Louisiana Teen Reportedly Jumps Off Bahamas Cruise Ship On A Dare, Coast Guard Calls Off Search

<p>A shocking new video shows a missing <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;louisiana&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&percnt;5B&percnt;5D&equals;post&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&percnt;5B&percnt;5D&equals;list&lowbar;posts&amp&semi;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;q6z9op&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTczMDAwODA0NC4xNjg1NDYxMDk4&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NTQ2NTM2My4yLjEuMTY4NTQ2NTM3NC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Louisiana<&sol;strong><&sol;a> teen who allegedly jumped off a boat on a dare while on a high school graduation trip to the Bahamas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Lousiana State University &lpar;LSU&rpar; spokesperson <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wbrz&period;com&sol;news&sol;u-high-student-reported-missing-in-the-bahamas-after-going-overboard-during-boat-ride&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">confirmed to <em>WBRZ<&sol;em><&sol;a> that 18-year-old <strong>Cameron Robbins<&sol;strong> fell from the Blackbeard&&num;8217&semi;s Revenge sunset cruise at around 11&colon;30 p&period;m&period; Wednesday&period; The <strong>U&period;S&period; Coast Guard<&sol;strong> reportedly called off a search for the boy on Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Missing Louisiana Teen Cameron Robbins Jumped From Boat On Dare&comma; New Video Shows<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Robbins had been celebrating with fellow University High Lab School students at the time of the incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force &lpar;RBDF&rpar; and US Coast Guard launched a widespread&comma; two-day search operation&period; Helicopters and surveillance aircraft ultimately failed to locate the missing teen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The search was officially suspended on Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; a haunting new video emerged Monday&comma; appearing to show the chaotic scene on the boat immediately following Robbins&&num;8217&semi; jumping ship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Video obtained by <em>WBRZ<&sol;em> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wbrz&period;com&sol;news&sol;u-high-student-reported-missing-in-the-bahamas-after-going-overboard-during-boat-ride&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">shows Robbins swimming<&sol;a> in the ocean without a life jacket on&comma; dressed only in swim trunks&period; Fellow onlookers yelled in response&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;This kid f&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;g jumped off&excl;&&num;8221&semi; one person can be heard shouting&period; &&num;8220&semi;Oh&comma; my f&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;g god&period; Oh&comma; shut the f&ast;&ast;k  up&period; Oh&comma; bye&&num;8230&semi;bye&&num;8230&semi; Oh &&num;8230&semi; s&ast;&ast;t&excl;&&num;8221&semi; another says&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Others yell out&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Grab the buoy&period;&period; grab the buoy&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to witnesses&comma; the video shows Robbins drifting in the other direction away from the body before disappearing entirely into the vast ocean waters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1663591383838642176" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">U&period;S&period; Coast Guard&comma; Royal Bahamas Defence Force End Rescue Mission Friday After Two-Day Search<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The cruise ship initially searched for several hours for the missing student without any success&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s when the Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defence Force <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;USCGSoutheast&sol;status&sol;1661842460329254951" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">launched<&sol;a> their similarly failed search-and-rescue mission&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Royal Bahamas Police Force is investigating claims that Robbins jumped from the ship on a dare&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Robbins fell from the boat near Athol Island&comma; northeast of Nassau&comma; the US Coast Guard said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wafb&period;com&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;30&sol;search-called-off-baton-rouge-teen-reported-missing-after-going-overboard-bahamas&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">teens’ family flew out<&sol;a> to the Bahamas on Thursday&comma; according to <em>WAFB<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They said they were returning to Raton Rouge when the search was called off&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We want to thank the Bahamas government&comma; the US Coast Guard&comma; the United Cajun Navy&comma; and Congressman Garrett Graves for everything they have done for us&comma;” <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;travel&sol;news&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;28&sol;louisiana-teenager-bahamas-cruise-overboard-search&sol;70265834007&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">the statement read<&sol;a>&comma; according to <em>USA Today<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the family thanked the public for extending them &&num;8220&semi;privacy&&num;8221&semi; during their time to remember their son and &&num;8220&semi;mourn his loss&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Family&comma; School Staffers Remember Robbins As Star Athlete&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Fierce Competitor&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; friends and former teachers honored Robbins during a prayer circle at the school last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Justin Morgan&comma; the teens’ high school baseball coach&comma; told <em>CNN<&sol;em> Robbins <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;26&sol;us&sol;louisiana-high-school-graduate-missing-bahamas-boat&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">was a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;fierce competitor&period;”<&sol;a> The teen had played third baseman and pitcher&comma; Morgan added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Robbins had attended the school for 13 years&comma; according to Kevin George&comma; the director of LSU’s College of Human Sciences and Education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He’s an athlete&comma; great kid&comma; great smile&comma; 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