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Coast Guard suspends search for father and son swept out to sea near Cape Blanco, Ore.

January 16, 2017

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector North Bend searches for a father and son who were swept out to sea near Cape Blanco, Jan. 15, 2016.

Multiple Coast Guard helicopter crews, a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Coos Bay, Oregon State Police, Curry County Sheriff's Office, Sixes River Fire Department and Port Orford Fire Department personnel, also assisted in the search.

Photo courtesy of Oregon State Police.An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector North Bend, Ore., and first responders on all-terrain vehicles from Oregon State Police, Curry County Sheriff's Office, Sixes River Fire Department and Port Orford Fire Department, search for a father and son who were swept out to sea near Cape Blanco, Jan. 15, 2016.

Watchstanders at sector received the initial report at 12:58 p.m. of two people in the water from the wife and mother, after she observed them being swept out to sea.

Photo courtesy of Oregon State Police.

NORTH BEND, Ore. — The Coast Guard suspended its search at 11:51 a.m. Monday, for a 31-year-old father and 3-year-old son from the Eugene area, who were swept out to sea from a Boice Cope County Park beach, 4 miles north of Cape Blanco, Ore., Sunday. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews from Sector North Bend and Air Facility Newport, as well as a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Station Coos Bay searched 112 square miles for over 22 hours, covering 583 total miles in an effort to locate them. Oregon State Police, Curry County Sheriff's Office, Sixes River Fire Department and Port Orford Fire Department personnel assisted in the search by scouring the beach on all-terrain vehicles. Click here for the initial news release.
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