Coast Guard, partner agencies search for missing boater near Port Mansfield, Texas

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/04/2021 03:18 PM EDT

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi
(361) 438-0176
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Coast Guard, partner agencies search for missing boater near Port Mansfield, Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard and partner agency crews are searching for a missing boater near Port Mansfield, Texas, Sunday.

Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a report at 2:20 a.m. from Customs and Border Protection stating a paddleboat capsized near the Port Mansfield jetties with two people aboard.

Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and directed the launch of a Coast Guard Station South Padre Island 33-foot Special Purpose Craft Law Enforcement boat crew and a Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew.

A good Samaritan on the jetties safely pulled one of the boaters to shore. 

Involved in the search are:

  • Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi
  • Coast Guard Station South Padre Island
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection

If anyone has any information, please contact the Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center at (361) 939-0450.

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