Coast Guard HC-144 file photo
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water approximately 55 nautical miles south east of Fort Morgan, Alabama, Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 6:52 a.m. from the pleasure craft Motion Granted, a 41-foot hattaras, that 40-year-old Matthew Willis was overboard. The man was last seen at approximately 2 a.m.
Three people in the pleasure craft have been at anchor since the man was last seen and have remained in the area.
Involved in the search is:
- Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry air crew
- Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter air crew
- Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew
- Coast Guard Cutter Razorbill
