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DATE: July 02, 2007 08:42:40 CST

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Press Release

Date: July 2, 2007

Contact:  Lt. Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau 
(504) 565-5059
(504) 810-3887

UPDATE: COAST GUARD CONTINUES SEARCH FOR MISSING SWIMMER IN LAKE MAUREPAUS

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard is continuing the search today for a 36-year-old man that was reported missing in Lake Maurepaus on Saturday afternoon.

The Coast Guard was notified Saturday afternoon that the man reportedly went swimming off a pontoon boat and failed to return to the surface.

Coast Guard Station New Orleans has a 41-foot utlity boat on-scene searching the reported area of the lake.

The Coast Guard plans to search throughout the day.

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