DATE: January 16, 2010 8:15:38 PM EST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

US COAST GUARD

 
News Release

Date:
Jan. 16, 2010

 

Contact:
Petty Officer 2nd Class

Sondra-Kay Kneen
305-965-4672
Coast Guard locates 4 missing boaters safe Crystal River

YANKEETOWN, Fla. - The Coast Guard concluded their search efforts Saturday after locating four missing boaters safe about 30-west of Crystal River, Fla., around 5:45 p.m. 

A family member contacted search-and-rescue watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., around 2 a.m. Saturday to report Kevin Hudson, 40, and three friends had failed to return from their boat trip as scheduled. 

The four boaters departed in a 24-foot Wellcraft boat at 7 a.m., Friday from the End of 40 boat ramp in Crystal River but suffered from engine trouble and were unable to return on time.  

 Assisting with the 900-square mile search were:

  • Two rescue-boat crews from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown.
  • The crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Alligator and Hawk, 87-foot patrol boats homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla.
  • A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules fixed-wing aircraft from Air Station Clearwater, Fla. .
     

All four boaters were reported to be in good condition and the vessel was towed to End of 40 boat ramp. 

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