CORRECTION: Coast Guard continues search for 59-year-old man near Key West

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 02/27/2018 12:06 PM EST

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CORRECTION: Coast Guard continues search for 59-year-old man near Key West

A Coast Guard Station Key West 24-foot Special Purpose Craft—Shallow Water boatcrew searches for a missing 59-year-old man who was reported falling overboard Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 from a 27-foot cabin cruiser in the vicinity of Lake Passage near Key West, Florida. The Coast Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Navy launched assets to search for the missing man. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Monnier A Coast Guard Station Key West 24-foot Special Purpose Craft—Shallow Water boatcrew searches for a missing 59-year-old man who was reported falling overboard Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 from a 27-foot cabin cruiser in the vicinity of Lake Passage near Key West, Florida. The Coast Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Navy launched assets to search for the missing man. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Monnier

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MIAMI — The Coast Guard continues searching for a 59-year-old man in the vicinity of Lakes Passage near Key West, Tuesday.

Missing is Robert McCabe, 59, last seen wearing gray swim trunks and reported falling overboard a 27-foot cabin cruiser west of Key West.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West received a distress call from the cabin cruiser at 6:25 p.m. Sunday, reporting McCabe fell overboard. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Miami, and two Station Key West boatcrews were launched to commence the search.

Multiple aircrews and boatcrews from the Coast Guard, Naval Air Station Key West, and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continue searching. Combined search efforts have covered an area over 748 square miles, roughly the size of Rhode Island.

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