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nadinbrzezinski

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Sun May 10, 2015, 10:53 PM May 2015

COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MISSING KAYAKER ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN, VERMONT, ASKING FOR HELP FROM PUBLIC




BOSTON — The Coast Guard is asking for assistance from the public in the search for a kayaker who went missing on Lake Champlain, Vermont Saturday.

Sean Hawley, 25, 6'2 and 180 pounds was last seen at 11:00 p.m. Saturday paddling a black, inflatable kayak in the direction of Plattsburg, New York near Colchester Point, Vermont.

Colchester Police Notified Coast Guard Station Burlington at 6:39 p.m. Sunday. Sector Northern New England in Portland, Maine issued a notice to mariners and immediately started the search.
The following are involved in the search:

*Coast Gaurd HC-144a Ocean Sentry Aircraft from Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts
*Coast Guard 25-foot Response-boat Small from Station Burlington, Vermont
*New York State Poiice Helicopter
*Plattsburg Police Department surface boat
*Clinton County Police Department

Anyone with information is urged to call the Sector Northern New England Command Center at 207.767.0303

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I subscribe for the news releases for San Diego, but this one I thought was worth sharing. And if I run it clearly on the other coast, some might think I lost my mind. The News Release is as released by the USCG
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