CG searching for missing boater

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Okaloosa County (Fla.) Fire Department and good Samaritans are searching for a missing woman after a boat capsized near the East Destin Jetties in Destin, Fla., early March 18. The woman, described as 5-foot 2-inches tall and about 120 pounds, was wearing a leopard print top and black skirt; and speaks with a Russian accent. She was on a boat with 10 other people when it struck the Destin jetties and capsizing about 5:14 a.m. Coast Guard Sector Mobile directed the launch of a CG Station Destin small response boat and a special purpose shallow water crew. Four of the 10 rescued people were transferred to local hospitals. Anyone with information on the missing woman is requested to contact Sector Mobile at (251) 441-6211. (CG District Eight 03/18/16)