NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water, Thursday, 03 Sep 2020, near Pilottown.
Missing is Cristina Castro, 38, from Modesto, California. Castro is described as a Latino female, last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue pants and black life jacket.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report around 9 p.m. Wednesday evening of a 34-foot catamaran taking on water near West Delta Block 109, approximately six nautical miles southwest of Southwest Pass, near Pilottown, with three people aboard.
A Coast Guard Station Venice 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew were dispatched to the vicinity.
The sector watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, which a good Samaritan responded. The Offshore Supply Vessel, Mr. Jake, was able to recover two people from the water, who were reported to be wearing life jackets and in stable condition .
Currently involved in the search for the missing person:
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Station Venice 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew
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Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew
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Coast Guard Cutter Sailfish, an 87-foot coastal patrol boat
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Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew