CG searches for captain on Miss.River

Coast Guard New Orleans was searching the Mississippi River near Donaldsonville, La., for a ship’s captain who fell into the water early July 17 while trying to board a freighter from a crew boat. Ambarish Parekh was last seen about 9:30 a.m. He was wearing a personal floating device, according to authorities. Groups aiding the CG include the New Orleans port authority, and Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. The CG has dispatched a 29-foot response boat, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and crew from its Aviation Training Center at Mobile, Ala., and an HC-144 fixed-wing aircraft from New Orleans. (Times-Picayune 07/18/16) ... A good Samaritan recovered the body of a ship's captain July 19 who fell into the Mississippi River two days earlier, the Coast Guard said.