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COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR MISSING TEEN NEAR GRAND ISLE STATE PARK

May 25, 2015

 NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries and Grand Isle Fire Department is searching for a 16-year old boy who went missing in the vicinity of Grand Isle State Park, Monday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans were notified at approximately 2:15 p.m. Sunday that the teenager was missing. The boy was last seen swimming from the rock jetty to the first piling at Grand Isle State Park.

 In response the following assets were dispatched to aid in the search:

  • A Special Purpose Craft – Shallow Water from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle;
  • A MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans;
  • Fixed-wing aircraft from the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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