UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing person near Fort Morgan, Alabama

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UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing person near Fort Morgan, Alabama

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard suspended its search Saturday for a missing swimmer near Fort Morgan, Alabama.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders were notified by the Gulf Shores Police Department conducting a shoreline search that a body was found matching the description of the missing male. 

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile initially received a report Friday from Baldwin County 911 at approximately 1:45 p.m. of a 19-year-old male struggling in the water approximately 40-yards off the beach on the Gulf side of Fort Morgan.

Involved in the search were:

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