Coast Guard searches for person in the water near Freeport, Texas
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HOUSTON The Coast Guard is searching for a 22-year-old male in the water at Surfside Beach near Freeport, Texas, Sunday.
Missing is Elijah Posada, U.S. Air Force, who was last seen wearing a maroon shirt.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received notification of a 22-year-old Posada who was swimming approximately 100-feet from shore when an individual reported seeing him being pulled by a rip current. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched a Coast Guard Station Freeport 29-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew.