American teen missing in Bahamas after going overboard

Authorities from two countries are searching for an American teen who went overboard in the Bahamas on Wednesday. 18-year-old Cameron Robbins was on board a local party boat. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa has the latest.

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[jvillebil]

He jumped overboard on a dare. What did he win for the dare, nothing. Won the dare, lost his life. I feel so sorry for his parents and family and hope the kids who dared him can live with this the rest of their lives.

[Leelz]

I can't fathom why people send their kids abroad on drinking holidays to party with their friends with zero adult supervision just as they are launching in life and lack judgment and experience to make good decisions. It just seems like such a dangerous combination. This spring break/graduation ritual is baffling.

[TrevDawgRS]

Search has been suspended. Likely he has passed, as much of an athlete as he may be, the ocean is unforgiving. I feel bad for him, at that age many men feel literally invincible and make terrible decisions. Sometimes I feel lucky I made it through that stage without paying too much of a price.

[CKing-]

Booze, teens, and water… what could go wrong?

[audreydaleski]

Drinking? Party boat? So sad. Too young to be on a part boat

[bgregg]

Party boat+alcohol. Can't imagine how this happened.

[MrBlasian]

He jumped overboard due to a dare. Once in the water he was attacked and taken under by either one shark or multiple. There is a video of what actually occurred and you can clearly see him struggling to swim away before his unfortunate passing. R.I.P to him

[Beeboop]

Hes not "missing" his body is missing. You dont go overboard at night like that and survive. Especially if its the next day and you arent found. This is terrible but false hope is worse.

[musingsofharmony]

This is so tragic. To have done everything to nurture this young man to ensure his growth from a baby to a successful young adult..and then a senseless situation like this.

[morrisonreed]

18 year olds on a drinking cruise, never a good idea .Skip the trip, have a prom at the local highschool

[KMartShopper]

His family is not going to find him. That statement is delusional.

[bugie]

So they can take a video of him swimming but not pull him in?

[timothyleon]

If they believe he’s in the water, and not elsewhere, the outcome is not destined to be positive.

[chrystallee]

This young mans family nurtured and poured resources into him for 18 years to ensure his success in life, just for him to go on a privledged cruise with a bunch of other privledged, dumb kids and launch himself into the ocean in the dark of night, never to be seen again. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
I am very afraid for our future as humans. These recent crops of adults are spoiled, have no common sense and are extremely immature. I can't imagine what state our world will be in once they come into positions of power and decision making and take over.
Lord God help us.

[rebeccahahn]

It's hard to see a lot of people judging Cameron for making a mistake as 18 year olds do while having fun with his friends. He and his family go to my church and I was friends with his older brother growing up. He's a great kid and amazingly kind parents, some of the best people I know. We are all still holding out hope and prayer for him. His siblings and the community are distraught for sure

[cloakofanonymity]

When you get to a certain age and look back at your teenage years, it's amazing all the "I'm invincible" stupid things we did.

[JBrander]

Being a crew member in ships, a person overboard is a morbid thing to happen. Because it is VERY easy to lose the person overboard due to the waves moving him around. And ship's can't just stop instantly, it's gonna take a few miles just to stop fully, and even more miles just to make a U-turn. It's bad enough for it to happen during the day, but at night it is made exceptionally worse because it is dark and hard to see. Not to mention the onset of hypothermia.

[gloriaculberson]

I am praying Cameron is found alive and returned to his family safely.

[VedderState]

Drunk, Dark and Dangerous. Common sense is so rare these days.

[dfaro]

I’ve been to a party boat in Haiti and in the Dominican Republic. I can honestly tell you, once the alcohol kicks in, people will do stupid things like jumping in the ocean for a swim.