August 10, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and other agencies are searching for a thirty-year-old man in the water off of Panama City Beach, Florida, near Shark’s Beachfront, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 1:39 p.m. of a Caucasian male wearing black and red shorts potentially in distress. He was reported to have entered the water and did not resurface.
Assisting in the search are:
- Coast Guard Station Panama City 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew
- Naval Support Activity H-60 helicopter crew
- Coast Guard 87-foot Patrol Boat Kingfisher
- Panama City Beach Police
- Panama City Beach and Surf Rescue
Anyone with information is requested to contact Sector Mobile at (251) 441-6211.