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NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water near Caillou Bay approximately 15 miles southwest of Cocodrie, Louisiana, Wednesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 11:25 a.m. of a missing 60-year-old man who was last seen aboard the vessel Miss Trudy. There were two people aboard the vessel.
Sector watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard boatcrew and two aircrews to search for the man.
Sector watchstanders later received a report at approximately 12:30 p.m. from Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office that the Miss Trudy sank and a Good Samaritan vessel recovered one of the people from the water.
Involved in the search are:
- An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans
- A 24-foot Shallow Water boat crew from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle
- An HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew from the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama
- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
- Terrebonne Parish sheriff’s office
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