Update: Coast Guard, local agencies search for two people near Mobile Bay, Alabama

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 01/10/2019 07:28 PM EST

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
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Update: Coast Guard, local agencies search for two people near Mobile Bay, Alabama

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for two people near Mobile Bay, Alabama, Thursday.

Missing are Floyd Nelson, 85-years-old, and David Stadman, 40-years-old. 

The 20-foot white fishing vessel the men were reported to be on was located at approximately 12:30 p.m. on the west side of Gaillard Island capsized. The search for the two men is still ongoing.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday from a family member that the men were planning to travel between the Theodore Ship Channel and Gaillard Island Tuesday afternoon and were supposed to return by 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Involved in the search is:

- Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter air crew

- Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew

- Mobile County Sheriff’s Department

- Baldwin Search and Rescue

Anyone with information about the two men is requested to contact Coast Guard Sector Mobile at (251) 441-6211.

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