NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water in vicinity of Convent, La., on March 2. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans was notified by Customs and Border Protection at 8:30 a.m. that a 35 year-old male Chinese national was missing from the motor vessel BBG Bright. The CG launched a 29-foot Response Boat CG Station New Orleans. BBG Bright got underway at 7: a.m. March 2, and discovered the crewman missing around 7:45 a.m. (Source: Coast Guard 03/02/17)
UPDATE FROM COAST GUARD: The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a person in the water in vicinity of Convent, La., on March 2 after six hours - and coverage of eight miles of the Lower Mississippi River. CG rescuers did not find any indication of the person in the water. Additional information received by investigators led the Coast Guard to suspend the search.
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