Coast Guard calling for help searching for 12 missing crewmembers; 1 dead
USCG calling on all marine operators to assist in search of missing workers By Mykal Vincent and Rilwan Balogun | April 14, 2021 at 7:52 AM CDT - Updated April 14 at 11:31 AM
GRAND ISLE, La. (WVUE) - Officials are asking for all marine operators to assist in the search for at least a dozen workers after a lift boat capsized off the coast of Port Fourchon on Tuesday afternoon.
Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson says the United States Coast Guard is asking for any and all help from boat operators in the area.
Chaisson says he is worried about the potential for more bad weather expected on Wednesday but says they will deal with that when the time comes.
1 crewmember dead; Lafourche Parish officials asking for help searching for remaining 12 Search and rescue efforts are underway after a boat capsized off the coast of Port Fourchon during heavy storms on Tues., April 13. (Source: USCG) By Mykal Vincent and Rilwan Balogun | April 14, 2021 at 7:52 AM CDT - Updated April 14 at 1:00 PM
GRAND ISLE, La. (WVUE) - Officials are asking for all marine operators to assist in the search for at least a dozen workers after a lift boat capsized off the coast of Port Fourchon on Tuesday afternoon.
Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson says the United States Coast Guard is asking for any and all help from boat operators in the area.
An unexpected storm with hurricane-force winds along coastal Louisiana turned over a vessel with 18 people on board.
A Coast Guard crew heads toward a capsized commercial lift boat Tuesday about 8 miles south of Grand Isle, La. (U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris via AP)
GRAND ISLE, La. (CN) – Six people have been rescued and another 12 are still missing after a commercial boat capsized Tuesday off Louisiana’s Port Fourchon in the Gulf of Mexico during bad weather, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and local officials.
Parish officials on Wednesday morning called for all marine operators to assist with the search for missing passengers.
The United States Coast Guard is assisting in the search for ‘multiple people in the water’ after at least one vessel capsized during a severe storm near Grand Isle, LA this afternoon.