Missing boater search in NWF*

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission are searching for a person in the water near Alligator Point, Fla., early on Oct. 21. Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala., received a report about 6 p.m. Sunday, from F&WCC that they discovered a partially submerged 49-foot vessel about four nautical miles south of Alligator Point, which is 45 miles south of Tallahassee, Fla. Crews from CG Station Panama City located two of three people early Monday after searching overnight. One of the vessel’s crew was found unresponsive, and the other was taken to a local hospital by EMS. CG assets included an MH-65 from New Orleans; as MH-60 helicopter from Clearwater, Fla.; two response boat crews from CGS Panama City; and Florida F&W. Anyone with information are asked to call CG Sector Mobile’s command center at (251) 441-5976. (Source: Coast Guard 10/21/19) (*NWF = Northwest Florida)