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Coast Guard suspends search for person in the water

September 12, 2016

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard suspended its search for a possible person in the water near St. Paul, Minnesota, Sunday.

Agencies searched from mile marker 841 to 812 on the upper Mississippi River.  The case was suspended at 10:39 p.m., Sunday.

Involved in the search were:

-       Towing vessel Itasca

-       South Metro Fire Department

-       Minnesota State Police

-       Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department

-       Coast Guard Auxiliary 117 

Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi received a report from a towing vessel at approximately 2:43 a.m., Sunday, that a female was swimming near the 52nd Street Bridge and was unable to be recovered.