By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 17, 2021 PORT FOURCHON, La. Divers returned Saturday to the murky, roiling waters of the Gulf of Mexico in search of lost crew members aboard a capsized lift boat off the coast of Louisiana, the Coast Guard said. They took a break overnight because of the weather, operating as long as they could, but got back out there this morning and they re in the water now, said Petty Officer John Michelli. Michelli said an update on the search progress would be released later Saturday. Late Friday, divers recovered two more unresponsive crew members, the Coast Guard said. Commercial divers on the capsized Seacor Power lift boat found them, the Coast Guard statement said. But the Coast Guard said it was not releasing the names of any of those rescued, recovered or still missing out of respect for the privacy of their families.
Divers back in Gulf; search resumes for capsized boat s crew
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A man who did not want to be identified surveys his company s barge that ran aground during a storm on Tuesday, that also capsized a lift boat, killing one with 12 others still missing in the Gulf of Mexico, in Grand Isle, La., Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
PORT FOURCHON, La. – Divers returned Saturday to the murky, roiling waters of the Gulf of Mexico in search of lost crew members aboard a capsized lift boat off Louisiana, the Coast Guard said.
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