Update: Coast Guard continues search for Coffman Cove resident

	Office of Public Affairs U.S. Coast Guard Seventeenth District

News Release	Date: June 30, 2009 Contact: Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Shinn Phone: (907) 463-2065
Update: Coast Guard continues search for Coffman Cove resident In this graphic released by the Coast Guard the search area is depicted on a chart of Clarence Strait. Editors note: please click on the above image for high resolution graphic.
JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard is continuing its search for Samuel Butler after his partially submerged powered canoe was located by a good Samaritan in Clarence Strait at 10:15 a.m. Monday. Rescue crews arrived on scene at 11:20 a.m. Monday and searched until 11:32 p.m. The search was resumed at 5:47 a.m. and will continue throughout the day. The Coast Guard Cutter Liberty, an MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter, Wrangell search and rescue along with several good Samaritans from Coffman Cove have searched more than 285 combined square miles. A good Samaritan on the vessel Ruby Tuesday located the powered canoe in the water with debris floating around it Monday morning. Witnesses reported to the Coast Guard Samuel Butler departed Coffman Cove Monday at 3:30 a.m.
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In this graphic released by the Coast Guard the search area is depicted on a chart of Clarence Strait. Editors note: please click on the above image for high resolution graphic.