BUFFALO – The Coast Guard is searching for a man who went missing in Lake Erie, Tuesday.
Missing is 37-year-old Giusseppe Reinhart from Niagara Falls, Ontario.
There is no Coast Guard imagery or video available.
At 1 p.m. Coast Guard Sector Buffalo received notification that a vessel had washed ashore near Hamburg, New York. The vessel showed signs of having been used recently, but the owner was not with the boat.
By using information on the boat and reaching out to family, the Coast Guard was able to determine that Reinhart, who had gone fishing alone Tuesday morning, was missing.
Coast Guard Sector Buffalo issued an urgent marine information broadcast asking all mariners to keep a lookout for Reinhart.
Searching are a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Buffalo aboard a 45-foot response boat, an air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit aboard a MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, an air crew from JRCC Trenton aboard a HC-130, an air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, aboard a HC-144 Ocean Sentry, and an air crew aboard a helicopter from the Erie, Pennsylvania, County Sherriff’s Office.
The Coast Guard plans to continue searching throughout the night.
The Coast Guard is asking that anyone with information about Reinhart call Coast Guard Sector Buffalo at 716-843-9527.