DATE: December 19, 2009 3:24:26 PM EST

US COAST GUARD

News Release

Date:
Dec. 19, 2009
 

Contact:
Petty Officer 1st Class 
Christopher Evanson
305-318-1864

Coast Guard suspends search for missing swimmer off Jacksonville Beach

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Coast Guard has suspended search efforts for a missing swimmer off the coast of Jacksonville Beach Saturday.

Rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Mayport, Fla., Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Ga., the Navy, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and the Jacksonville Beach Police Department began searching Friday after receiving reports of a missing swimmer near the 100 block of First Street at Jacksonville Beach. 

If anyone has information about a missing swimmer they are encouraged to contact Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville at 904-564-7512.

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