Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing N.C. Man
Brent Smith, who was last seen early Monday morning, was on a Caribbean cruise ship with his family. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, he is presumed missing.
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Brent Smith, 24, was last seen at around 1:45 a.m. Monday on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line vessel Freedom of the Seas. He was on the cruise with members of his family.
Coast Guard officials said a pair of sandals belonging to Smith were found on the deck of the cruise ship, but there was no sign of him.
The Coast Guard had been searching a 130-mile-long area near the Bahamas between the Abaco Islands and San Salvador.
Smith is believed to live in Wayne County. He works with his father at the T.A. Loving Co., a construction firm in Goldsboro, family friends said.
He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in December 2005 with a bachelor's degree in business administration, according to UNC-W officials.
Smith is still presumed missing, according to the Coast Guard.
A vigil was held Wednesday at his family's church, the Wilson Praise and Worship Center, at 200 W. Nash St. in Wilson.
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