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POTOMAC RIVER -
The Coast Guard is searching
Tuesday evening for a diver that reportedly
went missing in the Potomac River.
The Coast Guard received a
report at about 3 p.m. that a diver with the
Fairfax County State Police Marine Unit went
missing during a training mission near
Gunston Cove in the Potomac River just south
of Fort Belvoir, Va.
The crew aboard the Coast
Guard Cutter James Rankin was conducting
maintenance on navigational aids in the area
at the time and launched a small boat crew
to assist in the search. Search and rescue
coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore
also directed Coast Guard Station
Washington, D.C., to launch two 25-foot
response boat crews and diverted a rescue
helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station
Atlantic City, N.J., to join the search
effort.
Additional assets involved in
the search are Fairfax County Fire and
Rescue, two Virginia State Police helicopter
crews and a National Park Service helicopter
crew.
The name of the diver is not
being released pending next of kin
notifications. |
