DATE: July 17, 2009 9:42:23 PM EDT
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Press Release

Date: July 17, 2009
Contact:

Petty Officer Sabrina Elgammal
786-367-7649

Coast Guard searching for four missing boaters

MIAMI - A Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet aircrew from Air Station Miami is searching for four missing boaters aboard the 30-foot sailing vessel Pisces, Friday after failing to arrive in Key Largo, Fla., as expected.

A family member contacted search and rescue coordinators at the District Seven Command Center in Miami around 2:30 p.m. to report Stanley Shawler and three other passengers departed Miami Thursday and were expected to rendezvous with friends in Key Largo. The names and ages of the three additional passengers is unknown at this time.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Shawler and the three other boaters are asked to contact the Coast Guard at 305-415-6800.

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