U.S. Coast Guard via AP
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) Divers searching the site of a capsized lift boat off Louisiana recovered two more unresponsive crewmembers late Friday, the Coast Guard said after another day of frantic waiting by family members worried for the fate of those who went missing earlier this week.
Petty Officer Jonathan Lally, a Coast Guard spokesman, declined to elaborate on the latest two found and referred questions from The Associated Press to a local coroner. A Coast Guard statement said commercial divers on the capsized Seacor Power lift boat found the crewmembers. 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.
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Divers find 2 more crew members bodies near capsized boat, bringing confirmed deaths to 4
Divers continued searching Friday in hopes of finding the nine crew members who remained missing.
By Stacey Plaisance, Kevin McGill and Jeff Martin
Associated Press
Divers found the bodies of two more crew members Friday near the capsized Seacor Power, bringing the total confirmed deaths to four, the Coast Guard said.
The two found Friday were identified by the Lafourche Parish Coroner s Office as 53-year-old Anthony Hartford of New Orleans and James Wallingsford, a 55-year-old man from Gilbert, a small community about 20 miles southeast of Shreveport. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family, friends and loved ones of everyone involved in this tragic incident, Capt. Will Watson, commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, said in a news release Friday night. We are using every asset available to us to continue our search efforts.
Divers continued the search Saturday for nine missing crewmen after an oilfield boat overturned Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.
The Seacor Power liftboat carrying 19 people departed Port Fourchon at the southern tip of Lafourche around 1:30 p.m. as thunderstorms began to roll in. The boat, which was headed toward Main Pass off Plaquemines Parish, capsized about 4:30 p.m. in about 55 feet of water 8 miles south of the port.
Six people were rescued Tuesday shortly after the 129-foot vessel capsized, and one other body was recovered from the water Wednesday. A second body was found Thursday in the water about 50 miles from the partially submerged liftboat, the Lafourche Parish Coroner s Office said Friday.
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