Coast Guard, partner agencies search for missing 17-year old near Ocean City

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/04/2021 07:20 PM EDT

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Coast Guard, partner agencies search for missing 17-year old near Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, Md. — Coast Guard and local first responders are searching for a missing 17-year-old male, Wednesday, near Ocean City. 

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Ocean City received the initial report at approximately 3:50 p.m., from the Ocean City 911 Dispatcher. The boy was reported missing after swimming on the ocean side of 112th Street in Ocean City. 

Searching are:

  • A 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Station Ocean City
  • An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City
  • Maryland Natural Resources Police
  • Ocean City Fire Department
  • Ocean City Beach Patrol

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