Coast Guard searches for person in the water in New Orleans

U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer Elizabeth Bordelon (archive image from SAR exercise).

NEW ORLEANS -- The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water in New Orleans, Saturday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 9:03 a.m. of a person entering the water from a walkway near the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans.

The person is described as a white male in his mid-60’s, wearing pajamas with a white top.

Involved in the search are:

-Coast Guard Station New Orleans 29-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew.

-Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew

The cause of the incident is under investigation.​

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Coast Guard searching for person in the water in Lake Salvador, Louisiana

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Giles (archive).

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water at Lake Salvador, Louisiana, Monday.

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at 6:50 p.m. Sunday of a 22-year-old male who reportedly entered the water without a personal flotation device on the northeastern end of Lake Salvador.

Involved in the search are:

• Coast Guard Station New Orleans 29-foot Response Boat-Small boatcrew
• Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew
• Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Department
• Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries

Anyone with information is requested to contact Sector New Orleans at (504) 365-2200.

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