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News Release

Date: Aug 31, 2010

Contact: Public Affairs Det. Baltimore

(410) 576-2541

Coast Guard suspends search for 1 near Asbury Park, N.J.

ASBURY PARK, N.J. - The Coast Guard suspended its search for a 23-year-old man after he drifted under the surface of the water and did not resurface at Asbury Park Beach Tuesday.

The Coast Guard suspended its search at 10:26 p.m. after searching 10 square miles for approximately four hours, 30 minutes.

A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Shark River, N.J., and a rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., conducted the search.

 

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