LONGBOAT KEY, Fla.- The Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are continuing to search for a 20-year-old man who went overboard from a boat at about 7:25 p.m. Thursday, approximately 10 miles west of Longboat Key.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a call from the 43-foot fishing vessel Cindy Lee reporting that Michael Taylor went overboard from the bow of the boat and had not re-surfaced.
Assets from the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, FWC and the Longboat Fire and Rescue have searched throughout the night.
Continuing the search are:
- Coast Guard Station Cortez, Fla., 25-foot rescue boat crew
- Coast Guard Auxiliary Cessna aircraft crew
- Three FWC search-and-rescue boat crews
FWC is investigating the incident.
