SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface rescue teams continue searching alongside local emergency authorities for a missing person off Condado Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Still missing is a 22-year-old woman from Indianapolis who was visiting the island and went swimming with two of her friends, who were caught in the strong rip currents affecting the area.
The woman’s friends were rescued and assisted ashore by local bystanders and responding authorities. The missing woman reportedly was wearing a white shirt, pants and beach swim wear.
Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector San Juan received an initial notification at 6:32 p.m. from a bystander, who heard screaming at the beach and observed two people in distress in the water. Sector San Juan watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Borinquen, a Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft from Air Station Mobile and a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft - Law Enforcement boat from Station San Juan and notified local authorities of the developing situation. Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces of Rapid Action marine units and state and municipal Emergency Management rescue personnel also responded and conducted search efforts on-scene.
Agencies and units participating in the search:
- MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Borinquen
- HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft from Air Station Mobile
- 33-foot Special Purpose Craft- Law Enforcement boat from Station San Juan
- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary aircraft
- U.S. Air Force Civil Air Patrol aircraft
- San Juan Office of Emergency Management
- Puerto Rico Emergency Management Bureau
- Puerto Rico Joint Forces of Rapid Action
- Puerto Rico Emergency Medical Services
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