Trump Donates to United Cajun Navy for Search and Rescue Mission
The group on Friday on social media confirmed Trump’s donation, thanking him.
“We will bring every crewmember of the #seacorpower vessel home!” the nonprofit wrote in a tweet.
Todd Terrell, the president of the United Cajun Navy, confirmed to local news outlets that Trump donated $10,000. He said the money would be used to bolster search efforts for crew members from Seacor Power, a 129-foot lift boat that capsized on April 13 off the coast of Louisiana.
Trump’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
A U.S. Coast Guard-led mission, including Good Samaritans, resulted in the finding of 11 people from the capsized vessel; five were dead.
Death toll in Seacor Power disaster rises to four as dive teams recover two bodies inside the capsized liftboat and families hold out desperate hopes for nine missing men
Dive teams discovered two bodies in the engine room of the Seacor Power on Friday off the Louisiana coast
Nine men remain missing, four are confirmed dead, and six were rescued after Tuesday s capsize
Families hold out desperate hopes that missing crew may be alive in air pockets inside the oil exploration boat
Crew of 19 was aboard when the unwieldy liftboat overturned in hurricane-force winds in the Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard vowed to continue the search overnight Friday and into Saturday, weather permitting
Coast Guard raced to make a last-ditch search for survivors on Friday eight miles off
Louisiana
Six men have already been rescued and Captain David Ledet, 63, was confirmed dead
Other survivors were spotted clinging to hull but retreated inside after one fell into the water
Rescuers hope the men could have found found air pockets inside the vessel to survive
Time is of the essence, because air pockets will eventually become depleted
Grim fears as Coast Guard reveals there have been no signs of life from the boat since Tuesday night
One crew member is dead and 12 others remained missing after an oilfield boat capsized Tuesday during a severe thunderstorm in the Gulf of Mexico about 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, the Coast Guard said.
During a news conference Wednesday, Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson said six survivors had been found from the 129-foot capsized liftboat the Seacor Power.
It was was yet known why the vessel was out on the water during the severe weather, Watson told reporters. We re trying to figure this out as we go, he said. We re talking to survivors and to the company. We re focusing on the search and rescue right now.