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Coast Guard searching for missing kayaker on Lake Champlain, Vermont, asking for help from public

May 10, 2015

BOSTON — The Coast Guard is asking for assistance from the public in the search for a kayaker who went missing on Lake Champlain, Vermont Saturday. 

Sean Hawley, 25, 6'2 and 180 pounds was last seen at 11:00 p.m. Saturday paddling a black, inflatable kayak in the direction of Plattsburg, New York near Colchester Point, Vermont. 

Colchester Police Notified Coast Guard Station Burlington at 6:39 p.m. Sunday.  Sector Northern New England in Portland, Maine issued a notice to mariners and immediately started the search. 

The following are involved in the search:

*Coast Gaurd HC-144a Ocean Sentry Aircraft from Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts

*Coast Guard 25-foot Response-boat Small from Station Burlington, Vermont

*New York State Poiice Helicopter

*Plattsburg Police Department surface boat

*Clinton County Police Department

Anyone with information is urged to call the Sector Northern New England Command Center at 207.767.0303

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