CG calls off search near DI

MOBILE, Ala. – Coast Guard Sector Mobile suspended its 22-hour search Thursday at 9:35 p.m. for a missing swimmer near Dauphin Island. CG crews covered more than 480 square miles during the search after receiving a report that 30-year-old Daniel Sewell had gone missing from Fort Gaines on the island where he had planned to go swimming. Participating in the search were small boat crews from CG Station Dauphin Island, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from CG Air Station New Orleans, Alabama Marine Police and Dauphin Island Police. (Source: Coast Guard District 8 08/07/15)