Multiagency search for missing boater off Tangier Island

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/24/2017 09:03 PM EDT

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News Release  

April 24, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 5th District PA Detachment Baltimore
Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment Baltimore
Office: (410) 576-2541
After Hours: (757) 202-3429

Multiagency search for missing boater off Tangier Island

BALTIMORE -- Coast Guard and partner agency personnel are searching for a missing boater approximately 5 miles southwest of Tangier Island, Monday.

Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector Maryland-National Capitol Region were notified of a 40-foot vessel with two people aboard taking on water off Tangier Island at approximately 2:30 p.m.

A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Crisfield, the crew of the 87-foot cutter Cochito, a Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City rescue helicopter crew and an aircrew from Naval Air Station Patuxent River responded.

A good samaritan was able to locate one of the people in the water and brought him back to Tangier Island in stable condition.

Weather conditions in the area continue to remain hazardous with high winds, rain, and reduced visibility.

Coast Guard units continue to search for the missing boater.

 

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