miércoles, 10 de julio de 2019

Coast Guard, local partners searching for missing man near Sandbridge, Va.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn (archive).

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Coast Guard is searching for a 35-year-old man who was reported missing after entering the water to assist a 13-year-old child reportedly caught in a rip current near Little Island State Park, Tuesday.​

Virginia Beach dispatch notified Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads watchstanders of the missing man at approximately 1 p.m., after he saved a student from a rip current while chaperoning during a class trip.​

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and a 45-foot Response Boat — Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Little Creek are currently searching alongside crews from the Virginia Beach Fire Department and the Virginia Marine Police.​

Anyone with additional information regarding this case should contact the Sector Hampton Roads command center on VHF-FM channel 16 or at 757-638-6641.

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