| Office of Public Affairs U.S. Coast Guard First District |
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| Press Release |
Date: March 25, 2009 |
| 1 body found, Coast Guard crews searching for second missing person |
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PORTLAND, Maine - One body was found, and Coast Guard crews and other local agencies are searching by air and sea tonight for a second person in Cobscook Bay near Eastport, Maine, after reports that a 34-foot fishing vessel from Lubec, Maine, with two people aboard may have gone down. The identities of the victims and the name of the vessel is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. At 4:10 p.m., the crew of the fishing vessel Perfect Choice reported by radio to Coast Guard Station Eastport that they observed a debris field in Johnson Harbor that contained a survival suit and what appeared to be a submerged boat. The submerged boat is a 34-foot blue and white fiberglass dragger and was last seen around 3 p.m., today dragging for sea urchins near Red Island, according to a report from the crew of the fishing vessel Tide Pool. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England launched a 25-foot response boat from Coast Guard Station Eastport and issued an urgent marine information broadcast asking boaters in the area to help with the search. The Maine Marine Patrol recovered a body near the debris field at 5:15 p.m., about one mile east of Eastport in Johnson Harbor. |
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