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Coast Guard ends search for a missing diver near Panama City, Florida

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Coast Guard ends search for a missing diver near Panama City, Florida. MH-65 Dolphin Air Station New Orleans.
Archive image: a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew flew over New Orleans, June 4, 2018. Air Station New Orleans supports a wide range of Coast Guard operations to include search and rescue, law enforcement, port security, and marine environmental protection.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Giles.

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard has ended its search for a missing diver near the Hathaway Bridge in Panama City, Florida, Sunday.

To view initial search information here.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 9:30 a.m. from Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission that a body had been recovered matching the description of the missing person. The identity was later confirmed to be the missing diver.

Coast Guard ends search for a missing diver near Panama City, Florida
Archive image: a Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew (in this case from Station Charleston) after completing a cruise ship escort Jan. 30, 2020. Coast Guard crew members often conduct cruise ship escorts as part of the Coast Guard’s port and waterway security mission which protects marine resources and maritime commerce.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Dickinson.

The Coast Guard searched approximately 140 square nautical miles for approximately 22 hours.

Involved in the search were:

  • Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew
  • Coast Guard Station Panama City 29-foot Response Boat-Small boatcrew
  • Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Ridley
  • Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Panama City Police Department
Coast Guard ends search for a missing diver near Panama City, Florida
Archive image: The Coast Guard Cutter Ridley, a patrol boat homeported in Montauk, N.Y., steams toward Sandy Hook, N.J., to conduct a law enforcement patrol there, Nov. 3, 2012. Since Hurricane Sandy, Coast Guard crews have increased law enforcement presence in affected waterways and coasts to deter looting and other illegal activity.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson.

More information about his case can be found here.

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