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Coast Guard Searches for Two Missing Men
July 27th, 2008 | 
Author: The Coast Guard is also searching Dares Beach in the Chesapeake Bay for a 73-year-old man. Officials say the man disappeared Saturday evening from a catamaran that capsized. One man on the boat was rescued by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Department. (WTOP News)
(My wife and I watched the Coast Guard and DNR helicopters conduct this search Saturday night and Sunday morning for hours. Thanks to WTOP for finally writing about the details. We have been looking for the news on this all weekend. We understand the body of a 73 year old man was found on Sunday. A tragic end to a long rescue effort.)
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Wear a Life Jacket on the Water
Please, if you are going boating wear your Coast Guard Approved life jacket/life preserver. It may just save your life. Make sure your equipment is safe to wear and that all your boating safety equipment is up to date and meets specification for your craft.
Don’t take chances with your life.
Enjoy the read? Support DougWeb with coffee money ;) Sphere: Related ContentOne Common Thread Found in Week’s Four Boating Deaths – Washington Post
Sgt. Ken Turner, a spokesman for the Maryland Natural Resources Police, said investigators do not think that the incidents are related.
Turner said that there was one similarity in the deaths.
“No one was wearing a life jacket.” (Read the complete article at the Washington Post)
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