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Story From Sun Newspaper Port Charrlotte FL (Name Removed)
Coast Guard suspends search, releases name of missing diver
(Last Updated: 5/19/2008 11:31:02 AM)
ENGLEWOOD The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its active search for a missing diver, and released his name to the public.
XXXX XXX, 67, of Arcadia, was reported missing to the Coast Guard by the captain of a 27-foot charter vessel from Legacy Dive Charters of Southwest Florida at approximately 11:35 a.m. Saturday. It was reported that XXXX had surfaced from a dive about five miles west of Gasparilla Pass, while the charter vessel was retrieving another diver. When the boat went to pick him up, he had disappeared.
Federal, state and local agencies searched the area since about 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The Coast Guard suspended the search at about 8 p.m. Sunday.
The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office anticipates continuing the search when the weather clears, said Sheriff's spokesman Bob Carpenter. The Sheriff's Office plans to use a helicopter and possibly a boat to search later today.
Story From Sun Newspaper Port Charrlotte FL (Name Removed)
Coast Guard suspends search, releases name of missing diver
(Last Updated: 5/19/2008 11:31:02 AM)
ENGLEWOOD The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its active search for a missing diver, and released his name to the public.
XXXX XXX, 67, of Arcadia, was reported missing to the Coast Guard by the captain of a 27-foot charter vessel from Legacy Dive Charters of Southwest Florida at approximately 11:35 a.m. Saturday. It was reported that XXXX had surfaced from a dive about five miles west of Gasparilla Pass, while the charter vessel was retrieving another diver. When the boat went to pick him up, he had disappeared.
Federal, state and local agencies searched the area since about 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The Coast Guard suspended the search at about 8 p.m. Sunday.
The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office anticipates continuing the search when the weather clears, said Sheriff's spokesman Bob Carpenter. The Sheriff's Office plans to use a helicopter and possibly a boat to search later today.