PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to search for missing diver near Port Royal Sound

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/30/2020 04:48 PM EDT

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Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to search for missing diver near Port Royal Sound

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard along with partner agencies continue to search for a missing diver in Port Royal Sound, Thursday.

Missing is Alan Devier, 49, North Charleston.

Coast Guard and partner agency crews have searched approximately 785 square miles since Tuesday.

The Coast Guard Cutter Pompano crew and helicopter crews from Air Station Savannah are scheduled to search through the night.

Coast Guard Sector Charleston command center watchstanders received a request for helicopter assistance from Beaufort County Sheriff's Office at 3:42 p.m. Tuesday, for a missing 49-year-old diver in a black scuba suit.

Involved in the search are:

  • Coast Guard Air Station Savannah
  • Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston
  • Coast Guard Station Tybee Island
  • Coast Guard Cutter Pompano
  • Coast Guard Auxiliary
  • Beaufort County Sheriff's Office
  • Beaufort County Marine Rescue Squadron 
  • South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
  • Fripp Island Fire and Rescue
  • Parris Island Fire and Emergency Services

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Charleston Command Center at 843-740-7050.

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