Search continues for missing swimmer on Alabama island
May 3, 2021
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DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) Authorities continue to search for a Mississippi student who went missing Sunday while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico at Alabama s Dauphin Island.
The U.S. Coast Guard tells local news outlets that Rob Brent is a student at the University of Southern Mississippi.
The Coast Guard says Brent was reported missing around 6 p.m. Sunday after last being seen near a sandbar on the island s west end. Coast Guard boats and aviation units were looking for Brent Monday, as was the Mobile County sheriff s flotilla, Dauphin Island emergency responders and the Alabama Marine Patrol. All-terrain vehicles are combing shorelines.