Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft file photo NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard has ended its search for the person in the water 75 nautical miles off Vermilion Bay, Louisiana. The Coast Guard used 21 assets to search approximately 3,701 square miles over 56 hours. “The decision to suspend a search is never an easy one,” said Cmdr. Michael Wolfe, a search and rescue mission coordinator at Sector...

Coast Guard Cutter Mako file photo photo by AUX David Lau NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water 75 nautical miles off Vermilion Bay, Louisiana, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders were notified at 6:26 a.m. by workers at the Eugene Island 331 platform of a 54-year-old man entering the water from Renaissance Offshore’s Eugene Island 331...