U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard crews and partners are in search for a missing person in the water in Vermilion Bay, Louisiana, today Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at about midnight Thursday of a vessel with two passengers that was overdue to return home.
A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew discovered the capsized vessel in Vermilion Bay, and located one survivor who had swam to a nearby rig. The survivor told the crew that the vessel had struck a submerged object, ejecting both passengers from the boat before capsizing.
The missing passenger is described as a 40-year-old caucasian male wearing khaki shorts and either white or grey shirt.
U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey J. Ranel.
Involved in the search:
- Coast Guard Station Grand Isle Rescue Boat-Medium boatcrew
- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
- Vermilion Parish Sheriff Office
- St. Mary Parish Sheriff Office
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