The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing 19-year-old man who was swept away by a...
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing 19-year-old man who was swept away by a wave Friday near Surfside Beach.The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 19-year-old man who was swept away by a wave Friday near Surfside Beach in Freeport.
Along with local responders, the U.S. Coast Guard is looking for the man who was last seen wearing dark-colored swim trunks with an orange waistband, the uniformed service said in a tweet Saturday at 11:12 a.m. A 19-year-old Black man wearing dark-colored swim trunks with an orange waistband was swept away by a wave near Surfside Beach on Friday.Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders were notified at 6:30 p.m. Friday by the Brazos County Sheriff's Office that the swimmer was swept out by a wave near Surfside Beach.
Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and directed the launch of a Coast Guard Station Freeport 45-foot response boat with a medium crew, a 29-foot response boat with a small crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 dolphin helicopter crew to search for the missing swimmer.Anyone with information on the man's whereabouts can call Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston Command Center at 281-464-4851.
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