SEATTLE— Coast Guard crewmembers and local agencies are searching for a person who went into the water near Whidbey Island, Thursday.
The missing person is an 81-year-old male from Poulsbo who is 5’9” and was last seen wearing a t-shirt and light pants.
Security tapes showed a man fitting the above description going overboard the ferry Kennewick at 9:22 p.m., eight minutes after departure from Whidbey Island.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received the report from the ferry’s security personnel at 9:56 p.m., who found the missing person’s vehicle abandoned aboard the ferry with his wallet and a suicide note inside.
Involved in the search are:
- Coast Guard Cutter Osprey crewmembers
- A Coast Guard Station Port Angeles boat crew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium
- A Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles air crew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter
- Naval Air Station Whidbey Island personnel
- East Jefferson County Fire Guardian 16 crew
Anyone with information on the person in the water is requested to contact Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound at (206) 217-6001.
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