jueves, 27 de junio de 2019

Coast Guard, local partners searching for 2 people in Mobile Bay, Alabama

U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer Elizabeth Bordelon (archive).

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for two people who reportedly fell off their boat in Mobile Bay, Alabama, Wednesday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday of three people falling off their boat without lifejackets into Mobile Bay.
One person was safely recovered on Gaillard Island.

Involved in the search are:
  • A 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island
  • An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans
  • The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Manowar
  • Local partners from Daphne Search and Rescue, Alabama Marine Resources, Mobile Police Department, Bon Secour Fire Department, and Alabama State Troopers
Anyone with information regarding the search is requested to contact Sector Mobile at(251) 441-6212.

-USCG-