Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter File Photo
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 63-year-old male on the southeast side of Sanibel Island Monday.
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and HC-130 Hercules aircrews, a Coast Guard Station Ft. Myers 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew, and the Coast Guard Cutter Pelican crew are searching for Richard Stacka of Cleveland.
The Coast Guard crews have covered a search area of 20 square miles and will continue to search throughout the day. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a notification Sunday at 5:28 p.m., of a report of a missing person last seen on a medium sized green float. The watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and a 45-foot RB—M boatcrew.
Lee County, Sanibel Police and Shore Patrol were initially notified and began searching Sunday afternoon. Florida Fish and Wildlife are assisting Monday morning.
