File photo of a 45-foot Response Boat – Medium from Coast Guard Station New London by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Strohmaier
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Coast Guard and local partner agencies are searching for a possible person in the water after receiving a report of an overturned kayak near the mouth of the Connecticut River, Monday afternoon.
Missing is William Zadrozny, an 18-year-old man reportedly wearing work boots, a grey and yellow jacket, and jeans.
At approximately 5:00 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a call from a good Samaritan reporting an overturned kayak with a lifejacket and fishing gear on board.
Assets included in the search:
- A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station New London
- Coast Guard Cutter Steelhead, an 87-foot cutter homeported in Newport, Rhode Island
- An HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- Old Lyme Police Department
- Old Saybrook Police & Fire Department
- The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center at 203-468-4401 or on the radio at VHF-FM marine radio channel-16.
