MIAMI - The Coast Guard is searching for a woman who reportedly went overboard Wednesday from the Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship approximately 27 miles southwest of Freeport, Bahamas. 
 
 Missing is Rina Patel, 32, from Interlaken, New York. 
 
 Watchstanders with the 7th Coast Guard District command center received notification from the Carnival Ecstasy crew that a 32-year-old woman was reportedly seen going overboard at approximately 2:30 a.m. Wednesday from the 11th deck wearing a white dress with pink floral. 
 
 A Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, an Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew and the Coast Guard Cutter Gannet crew are assisting in the search. 
 
 The Carnival Ecstasy's last port of call was in Nassau, Bahamas on Tuesday. Their next port of call is scheduled to be in Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday. 
 
 For breaking news follow us on Twitter @USCGSoutheast ||||| MIAMI -- Authorities searched in the Bahamas for a U.S. citizen who went overboard from a cruise ship before dawn Wednesday. 
 
 The U.S. Coast Guard said the 32-year-old woman reportedly fell from the 11th deck of the Carnival Ecstasy around 2:30 a.m. as the ship passed near the island of Grand Bahama. Carnival Cruise Line reported that she apparently jumped overboard. 
 
 The Coast Guard identified the woman as Rina Patel of Interlaken, New York. The agency said she was reportedly “wearing a white dress with pink floral.” 
 
 A statement from the cruise company said emergency procedures were initiated immediately and the crew began to search for the woman. The Coast Guard dispatched aircraft and two ships to an area about 27 miles southwest of Freeport on Grand Bahama to look for her. 
 
 The cruise ship had left Nassau, Bahamas, and was en route to Charleston, South Carolina, at the time. 
 
 The cruise line said the Coast Guard released the ship to resume traveling to Charleston at 9 a.m. 
 
 “The company’s CareTeam is providing assistance and support to the missing guest’s family on board and our thoughts and prayers are with her and family and loved ones during this difficult time,” the statement said.
– A 32-year-old woman "was witnessed jumping overboard" from the 11th deck of a Carnival cruise ship before dawn Wednesday, the cruise line says in a statement to CBS News. The Ecstasy was about 15 miles off the coast of the island of Grand Bahama at the time, and the US Coast Guard is now searching for the passenger in the Bahamas. The ship had left the Bahamas on its way to Charleston, South Carolina, when the woman jumped around 2:30am, and the Coast Guard allowed it to continue heading to Charleston at 9am. No other details about the woman were released, but she apparently has family aboard the ship.