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Coast Guard searching for person in the water

July 27, 2016

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water near Navarre Beach, Florida, Wednesday. 

Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 6:18 p.m. Tuesday that Jay Wiley Evans, a 64-year-old Caucasian male, had not returned from his daily swim off of Navarre Beach.

Involved in the search are:

  • Coast Guard Station Pensacola 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew
  • Two Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews
  • Coast Guard Cutter Cobia
  • Florida Wildlife Conservation
  • Navarre Beach Fire Department

Anyone with information is requested to contact Sector Mobile at (251) 441-6211.

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