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With Search Ending, 13 Are Likely Dead in Capsized Boat in Gulf The Seacor Power, a lift boat carrying 19 people, capsized last week, eight miles from a Louisiana port in stormy weather. Six crew members were quickly rescued. The bodies of five others have been recovered. Rescue crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris scanning the water where a 129-foot commercial lift boat capsized about eight miles off Port Fourchon, La., last week.Credit...U.S. Coast Guard, via Associated Press April 19, 2021Updated 3:45 p.m. ET The Coast Guard on Monday said it was ending the search for eight ...

Stacey Plaisance and Kevin McGill Associated Press CUT OFF, La. —The U.S. Coast Guard said it will suspend the search for crew members who disappeared when a lift boat capsized off Louisiana last week at sunset Monday, and authorities do not expect to find more survivors from the vessel. The grim news from Capt. Will Watson, commander of the Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, 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 about eight miles south of Port Fourchon.

Share this article The U.S. Coast Guard will suspend its search for the remaining missing SEACOR Power lift boat crew members 8 miles south of Port Fourchon. Eight crew members remain missing out of 19 on board at the time of the accident. Coast Guard boat and aircrews, local agency crews and good Samaritans searched for a cumulative 175 hours, covering over 9,200 square nautical miles. The search will end at sunset on Monday. “We extend our appreciation to everyone who volunteered to assist during the search effort. Suspending a search is one of the toughest decisions the Coast Guar...

Coast Guard will suspend search and rescue effort at sunset for missing mariners Share Updated: 1:58 PM CDT Apr 19, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Coast Guard New Orleans A 129-foot lift boat capsized 8 miles off Port Fourchon Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) SOURCE: Coast Guard New Orleans GET LOCAL BREAKING NEWS ALERTS The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 1:58 PM CDT Apr 19, 2021 WDSU Digital Team The Associated Press It ...

April 19, 2021 A U.S. Coast Guard Response Boat-Medium boat crew heads toward the capsized lift boat Seacor Power about 8 miles off Port Fourchon, La. on April 13, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris) The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday it will call off its search at sunset for the remaining eight crew members missing from the lift boat Seacor Power, which capsized in the Gulf of Mexico last week. The Coast Guard said its vessel and air crews worked with local agencies and good Samaritans to scour more than 9,200 square nautical miles of s...