The Coast Guard, Escambia County Sheriff's Office, and Florida Fish & Wildlife are searching for an overdue kayaker in Pensacola, Fla. late evening May 4. Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala., received a notification around 10 p.m. from friends of Tosh Mutdho, the missing kayaker, who departed Pensacola Beach Pier in a green kayak at around 5:40 p.m. and did not return when expected. The kayak was located in the vicinity of the Regency Towers in Pensacola Beach. An Urgent Marine Information Broadcast was issued. CG assets Involved in the search are: CG Station Pensacola's 45-foot Response Boat/Crew; and CG Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew. Anyone with information regarding this case is requested to contact the CG Sector Mobile's command center at (251) 441-5976. (Source: Coast Guard 05/04/20; WEAR-TV 05/05/20)
https://weartv.com/news/local/deputies-searching-for-missing-kayaker-last-seen-fishing-on-pensacola-beach) UPDATE: The CG suspended its search for the missing kayaker near Pensacola on May 7. The CG searched about 3,918 square miles over 105 hours.
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