DATE: April 6, 2009 5:42:21 PM EDT

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News Release

Date:

April 6, 2009

Contact:
Michael Hulme
(305) 318-1864

Coast Guard searching for 15-year old near Tybee Island 

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. - The Coast Guard is searching for a 15-year old male who disappeared Monday while swimming near Tybee Island and Little Tybee Island.

A friend of the missing swimmer called Coast Guard Station Tybee Island at 3:07 p.m., today, after the young man disappeared. A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., two Coast Guard rescue boat crews from Station Tybee Island, Tybee Island Marine Rescue and Tybee Island Fire and rescue crews are all searching for the young man.

If you have any information please contact Coast Guard Station Tybee Island at (912) 786-5440.

 

 

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