Coast Guard searching for person in water in Folly River near Charleston, S.C.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a person in the water in the Folly River near Charleston Friday.

Operational watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston were notified by Charleston County 911 dispatch at 5:19 p.m. Friday that a boater was reported in the water.

A Coast Guard Station Charleston 25-foot rescue boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew are responding.