Coast Guard searches for possible person in water near Juno Beach

Courtesy Photo | A good Samaritan pulls an 8-foot grey dinghy ashore on Juno Beach, Florida Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Sector Miami Command Center at 305-535-4472 U.S. Coast Guard photo/video courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Miami.  

JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES

10.02.2016

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally 

U.S. Coast Guard Southeast     

Watch standers from the Coast Guard Sector Miami Command Center received a mayday call at approximately 9:38 p.m. Saturday. The watch standers issued an urgent marine information broadcast and directed the launch of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluefin crew, a Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew.

Sector Miami was notified by a good Samaritan of an 8-foot grey dinghy ashore on Juno Beach with signs of recent use and no markings.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Sector Miami Command Center at 305-535-4472

• Date Taken: 10.02.2016
• Date Posted: 10.02.2016 12:47
• Story ID: 211112
• Location: JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA, US