NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard is searching for a possible person in the water near East Pensacola Beach , Fla., early on July 13. CG Sector Mobile was notified at 7:58 a.m. of a kite used for kite-surfing on the beach in the Gulf of Mexico near East Pensacola Beach. It was reported that the kite appeared as though it was being used and was detached. Sector Mobile issued an urgent marine information broadcast. Involved in the search are a CG Station Pensacola 45-foot Response Boat/Crew; CG Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry helicopter/aircrew; and Escambia County. Anyone with information regarding this case please contact Sector Mobile Command Center at (251) 441-6211. (Source: Coast Guard 07/13/30)
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