Coast Guard suspends search for person in the water in Mobile Bay, Alabama

 

Update: Coast Guard suspends search for person in the water in Mobile Bay, Alabama

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard suspended its search, Saturday, for a person in the water in Mobile Bay, Alabama.

The Coast Guard and local agencies began searching Friday after watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report of a capsized boat in Mobile Bay.

Coast Guard crews searched an area of 1,152 square nautical miles over the course of 29 hours but were unable to locate the missing crewmember.
Involved in the search were:

Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island Response Boat-Medium boat crew
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin-Helicopter crew
Daphne Search and Rescue
Alabama Department of Marine Resources
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
Fort Morgan Search and Rescue Divers
Fort Morgan Park Rangers
Bon Secour Fire Department
Mobile Marine Police
Coast Guard Cutter Ridley
North Baldwin Sheriff’s Search and Rescue
Mobile Sheriff Flotilla
Coast Guard Air Station Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew
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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs
Office: (504) 671-2020
After Hours: (618) 225-9008
Eighth District online newsroom

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