PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard crews suspended their search for two missing men on the York River at 6:24 p.m. Thursday.
Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads watchstanders began coordinating the multi-agency search after a James City County 911 dispatcher notified them of a report of two overdue boaters at 9:56 a.m.
A Coast Guard helicopter crew located the men’s 23-foot Sea Ox overturned at about 11 a.m., across the river from Poropotank Bay, about eight miles downriver from West Point.
The following agencies and crews assisted with the search:
- An MH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City, N.J.
- An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C.
- A 25-foot response boat crew from Station Milford Haven
- A James City County helicopter crew
- A James City County Fire Department boat crew
- A Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries boat crew
- A Virginia Marine Resources Commission boat crew
The air temperature on scene was 43 degrees with a 39 degree water temperature. The winds were 18 mph with 2 foot seas.
