
Coast Guard Cutter Amberjack File Photo
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water Friday near Southwest Pass, Louisiana.
Rescue crews are searching for a 6-foot-4 white male last seen wearing a blue shirt and gray backpack.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call from the fishing vessel Master Wayne crew at 1:30 p.m., Thursday reporting a crewmember reportedly fell overboard. The watchstanders directed the launch of rescue crews Thursday to begin searching.
Rescue crews responding are:
- A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans helicopter aircrew
- A Coast Guard Station Venice boatcrew
- Coast Guard Cutter Amberjack
- A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane
- A Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Office marine crew
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