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U.S. Coast Guard via AP PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Divers searching the site of a capsized lift boat off Louisiana recovered two more unresponsive crewmembers late Friday, the Coast Guard said after another day of frantic waiting by family members worried for the fate of those who went missing earlier this week. Petty Officer Jonathan Lally, a Coast Guard spokesman, declined to elaborate on the latest two found and referred questions from The Associated Press to a local coroner. A Coast Guard statement said commercial divers on the capsized Seacor Power lift boat found the crewmembers. But t...

Search ends for Seacor Power crew Lift boat capsized off Louisiana coast last week 0 122 1 minute read The Coast Guard has suspended the search for eight Seacor Power crew members presumed dead. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard) The Coast Guard announced Monday it was ending the search for eight crew members still missing from the Seacor Power. “We’ve had to make the difficult decision to suspend the search-and-rescue efforts at sunset today,” Capt. Will Watson, commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, said during a media briefing.  The lift boat capsized last Tuesday 8 miles sou...

AP CUT OFF, La. — U.S. Coast Guard says the search for crew members who disappeared when a lift boat capsized off Louisiana will be suspended at sunset Monday. Capt. Will Watson, commander of the Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, said at a press conference that authorities do not expect to find more survivors from the vessel. The grim news comes after days of searching for the missing workers from the oil industry lift boat Seacor Power, which capsized Tuesday during a fierce storm in the Gulf of Mexico south of Port Fourchon. Six of the 19 workers on the boat were rescued within hours of th...

By STACEY PLAISANCE | Associated Press | Published: April 19, 2021 CUT OFF, La. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says the search for crew members who disappeared when a lift boat capsized off Louisiana will be suspended at sunset Monday. Capt. Will Watson, commander of the Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, said at a press conference that authorities do not expect to find more survivors from the vessel. The grim news comes after days of searching for the missing workers from the oil industry lift boat Seacor Power, which capsized Tuesday during a fierce storm in the Gulf of Mexico south of Port ...

Search continues for those aboard lift boat in Grand Isle By Amanda Roberts and Jesse Brooks | April 18, 2021 at 10:30 PM CDT - Updated April 19 at 2:39 PM PORT FOURCHON, La. (WVUE) - The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday that it is suspending its search for the remaining missing Seacor Power lift boat crewmembers 8 miles south of Port Fourchon. Eight crewmembers remain missing. The search will officially end at sunset Monday. At a news conference Monday, Seacor says 17 divers are on site, but the current is extremely strong. Coast Guard says it will suspend the search and rescue ope...