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1 victim ID'd, 12 missing: Rescuers search area the size of Hawaii for survivors of capsized boat off Louisiana coast John Bacon and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY One person dead and 12 people missing after a 129-foot commercial boat capsized off Louisiana Replay Video UP NEXT Families and friends clung to hope Thursday afternoon as divers attempted to hunt for 12 people missing from a commercial boat that capsized in roaring winds and heavy seas off Louisiana two days ago, killing one person. However, more stormy weather delayed divers from reaching the ship to search for survivor...

Coast Guard: 12 Missing, 1 Dead, 6 Rescued from Capsized Ship off Louisiana A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew heads toward a capsized 175-foot commercial lift boat Tuesday, April 13, 2021, searching for people in the water 8 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. (U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris via AP) 15 Apr 2021 The Associated Press | By STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTIN PORT FOURCHON, La. — Coast Guard boats and aircraft have covered an area larger th...

Divers await a break in stormy weather that will allow them to reach a capsized oil industry vessel and search for survivors.

Weather delays divers from searching for shipwreck survivors By STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTINApril 16, 2021 GMT PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Families anxiously awaited news of the 12 people missing from a capsized oil industry vessel Thursday while stormy weather delayed divers from searching for survivors. Rescuers don’t know whether any of the missing might be caught inside the lift boat called the Seacor Power that flipped over Tuesday in hurricane-force winds and high seas about 8 miles (13 kilometers) off the coast of Louisiana, Coast Guard spokesmen said. “There is ...

One person was killed and 12 other people were still missing after a commercial ship capsized off Louisiana, officials said Wednesday. Nineteen people were on board the ship Seacore Power when it left Port Fourchon on Tuesday, according to a manifest, said Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson III. Six people have been rescued. “Unfortunately, we recovered one individual on the surface of the water deceased, and the search effort continues for the remaining 12,” Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson told reporters Wednesday. The victim had not been identified by midday Wednesday, and the cau...