USCG MH-65 File Photo
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing swimmer near Fort Morgan, Alabama.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders were notified by the Gulf Shores Police Department conducting a shoreline search that a body was found matching the description of the missing male.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile initially received a report Friday from Baldwin County 911 at approximately 1:45 p.m. of a 19-year-old male struggling in the water approximately 40-yards off the beach on the Gulf side of Fort Morgan.
Involved in the search were:
- Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew
- Coast Guard Aviation Training Center MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew
- Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew
- Coast Guard Aviation Training Center HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew
- Coast Guard Cutter Seahorse
- Fort Morgan Fire Rescue
- Orange Beach Fire Rescue
- Gulf Shore Life Guards
- Baldwin County Sheriff’s Department
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