Coast Guard searching for 2 people 46 miles east of Jupiter Inlet

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A capsized 18-foot suspected migrant smuggling vessel floats in the water 46 miles east of Jupiter Inlet, Florida, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. The vessel capsized Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018 in an apparent migrant smuggling venture from Freeport, Bahamas to Miami. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

MIAMI — The Coast Guard continues to search Tuesday for two missing people 46 miles east of Jupiter Inlet.

The two people missing are a Bahamian national, a suspected migrant smuggler, and a 9-year-old Haitian national. They went missing after an 18-foot boat capsized, with 11 people aboard, Sunday in an apparent migrant smuggling venture from Freeport, Bahamas to Miami.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Miami received a notification from a good Samaritan vessel stating they were on scene with nine people in the water from a capsized 18-foot vessel.

Search crews consist of:

• Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered (WPC-1103), homeported in Miami
• Coast Guard Cutter Moray (WPB-87331), homeported in Port Canaveral, Florida
• Coast Guard Cutter Ridley (WPB-87328), homeported in Mayport, Florida
• A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane
• A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules airplane

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Coast Guard searching for 2 people 46 miles east of Jupiter Inlet

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MIAMI — The Coast Guard is searching for two missing people Monday 46 miles east of Jupiter Inlet.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Miami received a notification from a good Samaritan vessel stating they were on scene with nine people in the water from a capsized 18-foot vessel. The vessel reportedly capsized during a transit from Freeport, Bahamas to Miami Sunday evening with 11 people aboard.

Crews searching are:

• Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered (WPC-1103)
• Coast Guard Cutter Moray (WPB-87331)
• A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane

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Coast Guard, FWC end search for overdue boater south of Stock Island

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MIAMI — The Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ended their search Saturday for an overdue boater south of Stock Island.

Missing was Raymond Robins, 65.

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew found Robins and directed in an Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and a Coast Guard Station Key West 45-foot Response Boat—Medium boatcrew.

Once on scene, the rescue crew found Robins unresponsive. The RB-M crew recovered Robins and transported him to the station where a Monroe County Medical Examinerpronounced him deceased.

“It saddens us deeply when we cannot bring someone back after searching for them extensively,” said Petty Officer 1^st Class Ryan Andzelik, operation unit with Sector Key WestCommand Center. “Anytime we get underway to search in the maritime domain for someone missing, we always hope to bring them back safely to their friends and family.”

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