Coast Guard searches for missing person

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/24/2017 07:09 PM EDT

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News Release  

August 24, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs
Office: (504) 671-2020
After Hours: (618) 225-9008

Coast Guard searches for missing person

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a person who was last seen aboard a fishing vessel approximately 30 miles southwest of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, Thursday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at approximately 8 a.m. that a man had gone missing aboard the fishing vessel How You Doing 2 and was last seen by crew members at 4 a.m.

Involved in the search are:

  • An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans
  • An HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama
  • A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, Louisiana
  • Coast Guard Cutter Skipjack from Abbeville, Louisiana

 

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