Coast Guard suspends search for man overboard near Ambrose Channel, N.Y.

News Release

U.S. Coast Guard 1st District PA Detachment New York Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment New York Office: (212) 514-4291 After Hours: (917) 703-0983 PA Detachment New York online newsroom

Coast Guard suspends search for man overboard near Ambrose Channel, N.Y.

NEW YORK – The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday at 12:15 p.m., for a man who fell overboard from a container ship near Ambrose Channel, New York, Saturday morning.

 

Coast Guard crews searched for over 24 hours and covered more than 460 square miles Saturday and into Sunday for the missing 35-year-old man who was reportedly wearing an orange jumpsuit. 

 

At approximately 8:30 a.m., Saturday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New York received a mayday call from the container ship Northern Jaguar reporting that a crewmember had fallen overboard while arranging a pilot ladder in 15-foot seas, and 35 mile per hour winds.

  

The search included:

 

-Coast Guard Cutter Shrike, an 87-foot cutter homeported in Sandy Hook, New Jersey

 

-An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, New Jersey

 

-An HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts

 

-An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts

 

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends involved in this case. The suspension of an active search and rescue case is a difficult decision to make,” said Capt. Jason Tama, commander of Coast Guard Sector New York. "Factors such as water temperature, weather conditions, and length of time the person has been missing, inform the decision.”

 

The search is suspended pending any further developments.

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