CG suspends search off Fort Morgan

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water about 55 nautical miles southeast of Fort Morgan, Ala., Saturday morning, Jan. 20. CG Sector Mobile received a report at 6:52 a.m. from the pleasure craft Motion Granted, a 41-foot Hattaras yacht, regarding 40-year-old Matthew Willis being overboard. The man was last seen at 2 a.m. Three people in the yacht have been at anchor since the man was last seen. Involved in the search include an HC-144 Ocean Sentry air crew from CG Aviation Training Center Mobile; an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from CG Station New Orleans; Response boat from CG Station Dauphin Island, Ala.; and the CG cutter Razorbill out of Gulfport, Miss. (Source: Coast Guard 01/20/18) UPDATE: The CG suspended its search Jan. 22 for a person in the water off Fort Morgan. CG Sector Mobile suspended the search at 9:45 a.m. after searching about 2,830 square nautical miles for some 50 hours.