Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo.
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing swimmer at Matagorda Beach near Matagorda, Texas, Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received notification that a 16-year-old boy was reported missing after not making it back to shore while swimming with friends.
Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast, launched Air Station Houston and Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 aircrews, a Sector/Air Station HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew and a Station Port O’Connor 45-foot Response Boat–Medium boat crew and also diverted the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sea Horse.
Involved in the search are:
- A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew
- A Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew
- A Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew
- A Coast Guard Station Port O’Connor 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew
- Coast Guard Cutter Sea Horse
- Matagorda Sheriff’s Office
- Texas Parks and Wildlife
Anyone with information can contact Sector Houston-Galveston at 281-464-4854.
