![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/student-19-missing-for-3-days-after-plunging-off-wonder-of-the-seas-cruise-ship/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_MAIN-Sigmund-hp.jpg&description=19-year-old Sigmund Ropich, from Washington state, was on holiday with friends on Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas when he went overboard into the water off the coast of Cuba A passenger who went overboard the largest cruise ship in the world has been identified as a 19-year-old college student who was on holiday with his friends. Sigmund Ropich, known to loved ones as 'boiboi', was on board the Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas when he went overboard into the water off the coast of Cuba on Tuesday, August 29, according to his family. The teen, from Washington state, was enjoying a trip with friends when he went overboard on the 230,000-tonne vessel at around 9pm. He was on the second day of a seven-day trip which had departed from Port Canaveral, Florida. His sister, Savannah, took to Facebook to pay tribute to her brother, writing: "He is a son, a big and a little brother, a cousin, an uncle, a nephew, a friend, a homie, a classmate, a co-worker, a neighbour!!!... I just want my brother home." She added that there is an "army rooting for him to come home". Videos posted to TikTok captured the moment those on board the cruise were told of the passenger overboard, as the captain made a chilling announcement to those onboard. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US Sigmund was known as a "reserved" teen who was "always cool, calm and collected" according to Savannah. There has been no sign of him in the days since he vanished beneath the waves, with officials reportedly giving up hope. "We were told by the Cuban officials that they are done searching in the ocean. They are continuing only on the coast and land. I have a strong feeling they are going to end this search," said Savannah. "We are very hopeful if they open [the] search back in the ocean [they will find him]... We need them to open it again." She said her family has been kept largely in the dark about Sigmund's disappearance. She said Royal Caribbe){kind=link}
19-year-old Sigmund Ropich, from Washington state, was on holiday with friends on Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas when he went overboard into the water off the coast of Cuba
A passenger who went overboard the largest cruise ship in the world has been identified as a 19-year-old college student who was on holiday with his friends.
Sigmund Ropich, known to loved ones as ‘boiboi’, was on board the Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas when he went overboard into the water off the coast of Cuba on Tuesday, August 29, according to his family. The teen, from Washington state, was enjoying a trip with friends when he went overboard on the 230,000-tonne vessel at around 9pm.
He was on the second day of a seven-day trip which had departed from Port Canaveral, Florida. His sister, Savannah, took to Facebook to pay tribute to her brother, writing: “He is a son, a big and a little brother, a cousin, an uncle, a nephew, a friend, a homie, a classmate, a co-worker, a neighbour!!!… I just want my brother home.”
She added that there is an “army rooting for him to come home”. Videos posted to TikTok captured the moment those on board the cruise were told of the passenger overboard, as the captain made a chilling announcement to those onboard.