CG searching Lake Pontchartrain

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for two people possibly in the waters of Lake Pontchartrain, La., on May 15. CG Sector New Orleans received a report from a towing vessel of an overturned 10-foot camouflage flat boat in the lake about one nautical mile east of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. The reporting source stated he’d seen the same vessel May 14 at the same location with two people aboard. The search included a small CG Response Boat and crew and MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew; and Jefferson Parish Police Department. Anyone with information about this flat boat or the people is asked to call the CG at (504) 365-2200. (Source: Coast Guard 05/15/19)