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We still have hope : Family members of missing crew anxiously awaiting word on loved ones We still have hope : Family members of missing crew awaiting word on loved ones
and last updated 2021-04-15 20:50:26-04
Families of the men missing in the Gulf of Mexico are anxiously waiting for any word on their loved ones. Relatives we spoke with say they hope they will soon hear good news.
According to the Pitre family, the Coast Guard is expected to give families an update twice a day. Their emotions are running high as divers were unable to go in because of the weather conditions, but they re remaining hopeful.
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
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Chaz Morales, a missing Seacor Power crane operator, has a fiancé, Marion Cuyler, who said that authorities told family members late Thursday that the divers, “got up to the boat, got to the hatch and were able to open the hatch slightly,” NOLA reported.
“They didn’t want to open it all the way,” Cuyler said. “There is water behind there.”
Two men were last spotted holding on for dear life on the upside-down hull. However, after a third man fell off and was lost at sea they retreated into the submerged ship, where they may be living off air pockets, authorities said.
Families await news of missing workers on capsized ship
STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press
April 16, 2021
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1of21Dawn Saddler, sister of missing crewmember Gregory Walcott, talks to reporters as she leaves a briefing for family members by Coast Guard and NTSB officials in Port Fouchon, La., Friday, April 16, 2021. The Coast Guard has told families of missing workers that another body has been found from the lift boat capsized off the Louisiana coast and a coroner has confirmed that to a news outlet.Gerald Herbert/APShow MoreShow Less
2of21In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat-medium boat crew member searches for survivors near the capsized SeaCor Power. The Seacor Power, an oil industry vessel, flipped over Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in a microburst of dangerous wind and high seas. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)U.S. Coast Guard/APShow MoreShow Less