Handful of missing crew members identified; search still underway
Handful of missing crew members identified; search still underway
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Wednesday, April 14 2021
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BATON ROUGE - Nearly half of the missing crew members from a capsized lift boat have been identified through social media posts by family.
The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued six of the 19 people who were aboard the Seacor Power commercial lift boat when it capsized Tuesday afternoon south of Grand Isle. One person was found dead.
But 12 people are still missing, and the names of five were released today:
Families of Acadiana men missing in Gulf holding on to hope
KATC
and last updated 2021-04-15 00:00:21-04
Krista Vercher is Jay Guevara s fiance and Hannah Daspit is Dylan Daspit s wife. They re holding on to hope that their husbands are together and coming home. They re best friends, so we we think that they re not going to leave each other and we hope that they re found together. I mean, they re they re both dads. Of multiple children. Of young children, loving husbands. They just just shouldn t happen, Daspit and Vercher said in an interview Wednesday.
More than 24 hours after their lift boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico, the families say they ve had little news.
Rescue efforts continue on Thursday for search for shipwreck survivors
United States Coast Guard
and last updated 2021-04-15 16:14:11-04
On Thursday, searches are continuing following the capsizing of a lifting vessel on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico, just south of Port Fourchon off Louisiana s coast.
The Coast Guard is still leading the investigation.
Official identification of that person has not been announced. Divers are expected on scene Thursday afternoon to continue search efforts for those missing.
Family members have confirmed to KATC that at least four Acadiana men were on board the boat capsized in the Gulf yesterday.
Search for survivors continue for capsized vessel in Gulf of Mexico
The search for survivors continued Wednesday after a Seacorp vessel capsized in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday afternoon.
Posted: Apr 14, 2021 5:35 PM
Posted By: Kenny Darr
Port Fourchon - The search for survivors continued Wednesday after a Seacorp vessel capsized in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday afternoon.
Here’s what we know so far.
The 129-foot Seacorp lift boat capsized around 4:28 p.m. eight miles south of Port Fourchon with 19 people on board, including three Acadiana men who have not been found.
Family and friends have identified them as Jay Guevara of Lafayette, Gregory Walcott of Abbeville, Quinon Pitre of the Lawtell area and Dylan Daspit.
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