The woman who fell off a cruise ship off the coast of Cuba was in the middle of a 'twerk-off', a friend claims. 'She and some other girl who was calling herself the twerk queen were having a twerk-off,' Graham Hansen, a friend of the unidentified victim, told NBC. 'Twerk queen started twerking on [the missing woman's] boyfriend, and it caused some sort of issue between the two of them.' Moments later, he says, the victim then jumped off the ship, which was hosting an electronic dance music (EDM) party. His words come just hours after the U.S. Coast Guard sent out search parties for the woman, who was seen falling off the Norwegian Pearl at 7pm on Thursday. The ship was about 22 miles off the coast of Cuba at the time.Woman was on board the Norwegian Pearl when incident happenedShe fell from a deck approximately 22 miles off the coast of CubaThe cruise line and the U.S. Coast Guard have deployed search boatsFriend claims she jumped off after fight with twerking competitor
Officials say a _ cutter and a C-130 plane were responding to assist in the search. Norwegian Cruise Line said in an emailed statement that the female passenger was seen intentionally going overboard during a chartered cruise on the _.