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PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 72-year-old boater who was reported missing while sailing from New York to Florida, Saturday.
Michael Bye was reported to be sailing aboard his 35-foot recreational vessel, the H.M.S. Me II.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District command center were notified that Bye had failed to make contact at an agreed upon time by a family member at 7:40 p.m., Friday.
Coast Guard search-and-rescue coordinators found his last position via cellphone in the vicinity of Kill Devil Hills, N.C.
An HC-130 Hercules from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C. is currently on-scene searching.
Bye was scheduled to meet a friend in Belhaven, North Carolina, today, but did not arrive. Anyone with additional information regarding this case should contact the D5 command center on VHF-FM channel 16 or at 757-398-6390.
| Date Taken: | 11.23.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 11.23.2019 16:57 |
| Story ID: | 353201 |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 92 |
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