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Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for man overboard off Annapolis, Md.

January 1, 2016

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard, Maryland State Police, Maryland Natural Resources Police and Anne Arundel County Fire Rescue are searching for a man Friday off Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis.

Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders received a report Thursday at approximately 9 p.m. from Anne Arundel Fire Rescue stating a man not wearing a life jacket fell overboard from a sailboat. 

Coast Guard crews involved in the search efforts include:

  • A 29-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Oxford, Maryland
  • A 45-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis
  • A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, New Jersey

Coast Guard personnel searched throughout the night.

The boat crew from Station Annapolis and the helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City are continuing the search Friday.

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