UPDATE: Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to search for missing boater in Charleston Harbor

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Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to search for missing boater in Charleston Harbor

  

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard and local partner agencies are continuing to search Thursday for a missing boater in the Charleston Harbor.

Missing is Terrance Singleton from North Charleston, S.C.

On Wednesday, Coast Guard Sector Charleston command center watchstanders received a report from the Coast Guard Cutter Cormorant of a 20-foot Pro-Line crabbing vessel in idle with no one aboard. The Cormorant crew located a shoe, live bait and catch on board the vessel.

A Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and a Charleston County Sheriff's Office helicopter, along with Coast Guard and partner agency vessels, continue to search.

Involved in the search are:

• Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston
• Coast Guard Station Charleston
• Coast Guard Cutter Cormorant
• Charleston County Sheriff's Office
• Charleston Police Department
• North Charleston Police Department
• North Charleston Fire Department
• Mount Pleasant Police Department
• South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

The public is urged to keep a sharp lookout. Anyone with information should contact Sector Charleston at 843-740-7050

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is investigating the cause of the incident.

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