Coast Guard searching for shrimp boat captain near Port Aransas, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard is searching for a 40-year-old man who fell overboard a commercial shrimping vessel near Port Aransas, Texas, Sunday. Missing is Michael Ramirez, who is 6-feet tall, 180 pounds and was last seen wearing a black jacket and boots. Ramirez was not wearing a life jacket.
Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a call on VHF-FM channel 16 at about 7 a.m. stating the captain of the shrimp boat F/V Lady Nora had slipped and fallen overboard 7 miles northeast of the Port Aransas jetties.
Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, while an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft crew from Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi launched to search for the man. A Coast Guard Station Port Aransas 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew and the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Manta also launched to assist.
Also involved in the search is a good Samaritan, the commercial fishing vessel Mr. Webb.
Anyone with information should contact Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi at 361-939-0450.
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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Office: 281-464-4810
After Hours: 832-293-1293
Michael ramirez wasn’t the captain on f/ v miss Nora Bonito is the capitan of the f/v miss Nora Michael ramirez was only a crew member and he was paper captain..
Thats the information from the US Coast Guard and the press. Who is Bonito? He was never mentioned.
Bonito is the real capitan of f/v lady nora