JUNEAU, Alaska -- Authorities were searching for a woman visiting Alaska's capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking, officials said Wednesday.

Police are looking for 62-year-old Marites Buenafe. She was reported missing on Tuesday after she didn’t return to her cruise ship in Alaska.

The woman being praised on social media for comforting the 5-year-old girl who fell overboard from a Disney cruise has been identified by her "proud little sister" as the ship's head doctor.

Authorities were searching for a woman visiting Alaska's capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking, officials said Wednesday.

The 5-year-old girl who fell from a Disney cruise was not placed on the ship's railing by her dad, authorities tell PEOPLE. The girl fell overboard, followed by her dad who jumped in to save her.

After his daughter fell from the fourth deck of a 14-deck Disney Cruise ship on Sunday afternoon, a father jumped into the ocean to try to save her, according to witnesses.

A 5-year-old girl fell overboard from a Disney cruise ship near Fort Lauderdale and was rescued by her father, who jumped in after her.

A fearless father jumped off a Disney cruise ship when his daughter fell overboard -- miraculously getting hold of her and then treading water for around 20 minutes before they were both rescued.

Authorities say a woman visiting Alaska’s capital city on a cruise ship did not return from a hike she said she was taking.

Authorities search for Ky. woman who got off cruise ship and didn’t return The API failed to deliver the resource. A University of Kentucky employee who was visiting Alaska is missing.

Authorities were searching for a woman visiting Alaska's capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking, officials said Wednesday.