Coast Guard, local agencies searching for a person in the water near Empire, Louisiana

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs
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Coast Guard, local agencies searching for a person in the water near Empire, Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for a person in the water near Empire, Louisiana, Monday.

Missing is Mark Matherne from Slidell.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at approximately 1:30 p.m. of a sunken vessel approximately six nautical miles southwest of Empire, Louisiana. 

Matherne's boat was found sunk in the vicinity of Shell Island Bay, Louisiana.

Involved in the search are:

  • Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew
  • Coast Guard Station Venice 29-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew
  • A 24-foot Special Purpose Craft—Shallow Water boat crew from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle
  • Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  • Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office

If anyone has any information please contact the Sector New Orleans command center at (504) 365-2544.

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