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 District 7     

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