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| Coast Guard searching for missing boater near Anclote Key |
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PORT RICHEY, Fla. - The Coast Guard is searching for a missing boater who did not return from a fishing trip near Anclote Key, Fla., Aug. 17. A family member contacted search-and-rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., at about 6 p.m. Aug. 17, reporting that Mark Portus, a 49-year-old man from New Port Richey, departed the Pithlachascotee River, in Port Richey, on a 22-foot fishing boat at about 9 a.m. and had not returned. The Coast Guard immediately launched a 25-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Sand Key, in Clearwater, Fla., and an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater to search for Portus. A crewmember from Sea Tow Services International Inc., discovered Portus's boat aground with the engine running with no one onboard at about 7:30 p.m. on a sandbar near the north end of Anclote Key. Also assisting in the search are members from:
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