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Rescuers are hoping that 12 missing people have found air pockets to survive inside the Seacor Power, most of which is submerged in 50-foot seas about 8 miles off the Louisiana coast.
Coast Guard raced to make a last-ditch search for survivors on Friday eight miles off
Louisiana
Six men have already been rescued and Captain David Ledet, 63, was confirmed dead
Other survivors were spotted clinging to hull but retreated inside after one fell into the water
Rescuers hope the men could have found found air pockets inside the vessel to survive
Time is of the essence, because air pockets will eventually become depleted
Grim fears as Coast Guard reveals there have been no signs of life from the boat since Tuesday night
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Chaz Morales, a missing Seacor Power crane operator, has a fiancé, Marion Cuyler, who said that authorities told family members late Thursday that the divers, “got up to the boat, got to the hatch and were able to open the hatch slightly,” NOLA reported.
“They didn’t want to open it all the way,” Cuyler said. “There is water behind there.”
Two men were last spotted holding on for dear life on the upside-down hull. However, after a third man fell off and was lost at sea they retreated into the submerged ship, where they may be living off air pockets, authorities said.