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Press Release

Date: July 30, 2006

Contact:  PA2 Adam Eggers
(713) 578-3081

COAST GUARD ASSISTS IN SEARCH FOR 18 YEAR-OLD SWIMMER

HOUSTON - The Coast Guard assisted the Galveston and Dickinson Police Departments in the search for an 18 year-old man who had gone missing in the waters of Dickinson Bayou, Texas, Saturday evening.

The Galveston Police Department called Coast Guard Sector Houston for assistance at 6:46 p.m. The air station launched an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter to conduct shoreline searches.  Coast Guard Station Galveston also dispatched a 21-foot rescue boat to conduct shoreline searches. 

The seach is still ongoing.

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