| USCG Suspends Search For Lost Crewman |
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| Tuesday, 07 August 2007 08:30 | |||
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The United States Coast Guard has suspended its search for a crewman who slipped and fell overboard from the Overseas Altamar, a tanker ship from the Netherlands. The accident happened in the Ambrose Channel off the coast of New York at about 10:00 AM on Sunday. The crewman, from the Philippines, was wearing a blue floatation jacket at the time of the accident. The Coast Guard searched an area larger than the State of Rhode Island for 36 hours but was unable to locate the man. Click Read More for a link to the full release From the United States Coast Guard: NEW YORK--The U.S. Coast Guard suspended an extensive multi-agency search at 10 p.m. today for a crewman who fell from the 600-foot tanker ship Overseas Altamar about 20 miles south of the Ambrose Channel 10 a.m. Sunday. Coast Guard, New York Police Department, Nassau County Police, and Air National Guard rescuers in 11 ships, boats, airplanes and helicopters searched approximately 2,000 square miles, an area greater than the size of Rhode Island, for 36 hours without locating the 46-year-old Philippine national. Authorities are withholding his name until next of kin notifications can be completed.
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