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| Press Release |
Date: Aug. 23, 2006 |
COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING CREWMAN | |
| KODIAK, Alaska - The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing crewmember from the fishing vessel Body Snatcher Tuesday at 8:12 p.m. near Egg Island south of Cordova.
The Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit in Valdez received a report of an uncorrelated Mayday from crewman Richard Septien aboard the Body Snatcher at 10:22 p.m. Sunday. It was relayed by a crewmember aboard the fishing vessel Lady Blackie who overheard the call on VHF channel 72. Members of Air Station Kodiak, Marine Safety Unit Valdez, the Coast Guard cutter Liberty and Alaska State Troopers searched for Septien for more than 40 cumulative hours over approximately 390 square miles and 85 shoreline miles. The incident is under investigation.
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