Coast Guard continues search for 60-year-old man near Key West

Coast Guard 33-foot Special Purpose Craft—Law Enforcement file photo

Coast Guard 33-foot Special Purpose Craft—Law Enforcement file photo

MIAMI — The Coast Guard continues its search for a 60-year-old man in the vicinity of Lake Passage near Key West, Monday.

Missing is Robert McHabe, 60, last seen wearing gray swim trunks and reported falling overboard a 27-foot cabin cruiser west of Key West.

Rescue crews a part of the search are:

  • A Coast Guard Station Key West 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boatcrew
  • Station Key West 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement boatcrews
  • Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews
  • Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew
  • Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Key West boatcrew
  • A Naval Air Station Key West MH-60 Seahawk helicopter crew
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission boatcrews
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission airplane crew

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West Command Center received a call from the cabin cruiser crew at 6:25 p.m. Sunday, reporting McHabe had fallen overboard.


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