Coast Guard: Mentally disturbed man jumps ship off CDO

Family problems prompted a "mentally disturbed" man to jump off a passenger vessel off Cagayan de Oro City Tuesday night, the Coast Guard said Thursday. The Coast Guard cited belated reports identifying the man as Carlito Nonay, a resident of Apopong village in General Santos City. "According to investigation, Nonay is mentally depressed due to family problems and thought of jumping overboard to end his life," it said. It said Nonay jumped off the passenger/cargo vessel MV Trans Asia-3, some 250 yards away from Macabalan Pier in Cagayan de Oro City at 6:40 p.m. last Tuesday. Teams from the Coast Guard Cagayan de Oro managed to rescue Nonay north of Macabalan pier. Found in Nonay’s possession was a life ring that might have been thrown to him from the vessel which kept him afloat, the Coast Guard said. Coast Guard Station Cagayan de Oro said they were to turn over Nonay to the owner of the ship Trans Asia shipping Company for safekeeping. — LBG/RSJ, GMANews.TV