February 7, 2016
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews are searching for two boaters reported missing in Lake Okeechobee, Florida, Sunday.
John Russ, 72, and his wife Diane Russ, 62, last seen in an air boat in the lake.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Miami received a request from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to assist with the search after a friend of the Russ' reported the couple failed to return from a boating trip. Watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and launched an Air Station Clearwater MH-60 helicopter crew to search alongside the FWC.
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