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HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a 55 year-old man who reportedly fell overboard approximately 100 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana, Monday morning.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a communications relay from the captain of the fishing vessel Captain Edwin at approximately 3 a.m. reporting that a crewmember had fallen overboard off a nearby fishing vessel, the Captain Kent, while it was at anchor. It was also reported that the man was not wearing a life jacket.
Involved in the search are:
- A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew
- A Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew
- Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo, a fast response cutter crew from Pascagoula, Mississippi
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