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Press Release | May 2, 2025

Coast Guard, partner agencies search for 75-year-old man near Larose, La.

U.S. Coast Guard Heartland Office: 504-671-2020 Cell: 618-225-9008

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard and local partner agencies are searching for a 75-year-old man, Friday, after he reportedly fell off his vessel near Larose, Louisiana.

Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at approximately 9:30 a.m. from Lafourche Fire Department after a mariner observed a 14-foot skiff without anybody on board.

Watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 27-foot Utility Boat-Medium boat crew, and diverted an Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew.

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans aircrews, Station Grand Isle boat crews, Lafourche Parish Marine Division, Lafourche Fire Department, and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries continue to search for the missing man.

Anybody with information that could assist in the search is urged to contact the Sector New Orleans Command Center at 504-365-2209.

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