DATE: May 13, 2009 8:13:58 PM EDT

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News Release

Date:
May 13, 2009 

Contact:
Petty Officer Nick Ameen
305-415-6683
**UPDATE**  Coast Guard continues search for missing people off Boynton Beach

***Editors note: A media briefing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale, 7000 N Ocean Dr., Dania, Fla., 33004. Media interested in attending the event are requested to arrive no later than 9:45 a.m. and to contact the public affairs staff at 305-415-6683 to RSVP.

MIAMI -- The Coast Guard is continuing the search for missing people in the water after a vessel capsized about 15 miles east of Boynton Beach, Fla., Wednesday.

In total, 27 people have been recovered of which 10 are deceased.  The Coast Guard will continue searching throughout the evening with the following assets:

  • The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cormorant
  • The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Drummond
  • An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami
  • An HU-25 Falcon jet crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami
  • A smallboat crew from Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet, Fla.

A good Samaritan contacted the Coast Guard around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday reporting numerous people in the water and that he had recovered three.  The Coast Guard immediately launched a helicopter and jet crews from Coast Guard Air Station Miami, two smallboat crews from Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet, Fla., and the cutter Cormorant crew.

Also assisting in the search is:

  • Customs and Border Protection
  • Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
  • Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Boynton Beach Police Department
  • Lake Worth Police Department 

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