Giusseppe Reinhart, a 37-year-old fisherman from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, went missing while fishing alone in Lake Erie July 26, 2016. The U.S. Coast Guard, local agencies and Canadian partners are searching for him. Photo courtesy of the Reinhart family
BUFFALO – The Coast Guard continues searching Wednesday for a man who went missing in Lake Erie Tuesday.
Missing is 37-year-old Giusseppe Reinhart from Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Searching are: a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Buffalo aboard a 45-foot response boat, an air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, an air crew from Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton, Ontario, aboard an HC-130, an air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, aboard an HC-144 Ocean Sentry, an air crew aboard a helicopter from the Erie, Pennsylvania, County Sherriff’s Office, a boat crew from Niagara County Marine Unit, an air crew from Niagara County Marine Unit, a boat crew from Hamburg Police Department and a boat crew from Customs and Border Protection.
By 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, the above boat and air crews searched 2,332 square miles.
At 1 p.m. Tuesday, Coast Guard Sector Buffalo watch standers received notification that a vessel had washed ashore near Hamburg, New York. The vessel showed signs of having been used recently, but the owner was not with the boat.
By using information on the boat and reaching out to family, the Coast Guard was able to determine that Reinhart, who had gone fishing alone Tuesday morning, was missing.
Coast Guard Sector Buffalo issued an urgent marine information broadcast asking all mariners to keep a lookout for Reinhart.
The Coast Guard plans to continue searching Wednesday.
The Coast Guard is asking that anyone with information about Reinhart call Coast Guard Sector Buffalo at 716-843-9527.