Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a 33-year-old man who went missing after wading in the surf at Rollover Bay near Galveston, Texas, Monday evening.
At approximately 6 p.m. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a report from the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office of the 33-year-old man who was witnessed by family members to have disappeared after being hit by a wave while wading in the surf. The missing man is a Caucasian male wearing a red t-shirt and khaki shorts.
Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched a Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew and a Coast Guard Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew to search for the missing man.
Involved in the search are:
- Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrews
- Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crews
- Crystal Beach Fire Department
- Galveston County Police Department
- High Island Police Department volunteers
