The U.S. Coast Guard has made “the difficult decision” to suspend its search for eight missing crew members from the Seacor Power that capsized Tuesday, an official said, a decision filled with “sadness and grief.”
The capsized lift boat Seacor Power is seen seven miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, April 18, 2021. The vessel capsized during a storm on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
GRAND ISLE, La. (CN) The U.S. Coast Guard will stop its search and rescue at sundown for the remaining eight crew members from a lift boat that capsized Tuesday, an official said during a press briefing Monday.
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Two more men were confirmed dead on Saturday following the capsize of the Seacor Power oil exploration vessel earlier this week off the coast of Louisiana, bringing the death toll to four.
Officials confirmed that they had recovered the bodies of Anthony Hartford, 53, from New Orleans, and James Wallingsford, 55, from Gilbert, Louisiana.
The bodies of the two men were found inside the capsized boat by divers, according to the Coast Guard.
A man identified as Ernest Williams, 69, of Arnaudville, Louisiana, was recovered from the water on Thursday, according to the coroner’s office. David Ledet, 63, from Thibodaux, Louisiana, was found by the coast guard on Wednesday.
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